PROJECT SPOTLIGHT:
COMPANY:
A large metal casting company with a ductile iron foundry specializing in small, high-volume castings based in Minnesota and Indiana
DATE COMPLETED:
March 2024
WHY DID THEY COME TO IEA? WHAT WAS THE CLIENT PROBLEM:
The metal casting company requested quarterly sampling to assess employee exposures to crystalline quartz, cristobalite, and tridymite silica, as well as respirable dust.
HOW DID IEA SOLVE THE PROBLEM: SOLUTION:
Our health and safety specialists provide consulting for organizations that use material or processes that release respirable crystalline silica.
- Evaluate employee exposures to crystalline silica through assessment and personal sampling
- Compare exposure monitoring results to the current OSHA Action Level and PEL
- Assist with silica and OSHA training and documentation.
Provide guidance to reduce employee exposure.
