Demolition Silica Hazards

Using heavy equipment and utility vehicles for tasks such as demolishing, abrading, or fracturing silica-containing materials like brick, block, and concrete can generate respirable crystalline silica dust. This 1-page safety meeting topic, with 2 discussion questions, can be used to host a safety meeting or toolbox talk with construction workers to review operator isolation and wet methods for dust suppression as two ways to protect workers from hazardous silica dust.