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The Hazards Management Plan (see attached document) has nine essential elements and each of these are addressed in a different section of the plan. Each section provides information to EHS on the personnel within the work unit (i.e. change in location and/or change in tasks). The following instructions provide information on how to complete each section of the plan.

The purpose of the crystalline silica standard is to provide a means by which employees can be protected from the hazards associated with silica dust and develop procedures by which employees must follow when there is a potential for silica dust exposure.

All employers covered by OSHA’s Respirable Crystalline Silica Standards 1910.1053 and 1926.1153 must develop and implement a written exposure control plan. This plan describes tasks where employees may be exposed to silica on campus and the ways to reduce exposures through controls, work practices and housekeeping methods. This plan is a supplement to the campus policy and standard on crystalline silica.

The purpose of the crystalline silica policy is to provide a means by which employees can be protected from the hazards associated with silica dust and develop procedures by which employees shall follow when there is a potential for silica dust exposure.