Silica Awareness Online Training
Recognize respirable crystalline silica hazards, understand the health risks, and learn the controls and OSHA requirements protecting construction and general industry workers.
- Unlimited exam retakes
- Mobile access
- Certificate of Completion available immediately online
- Group / business enrollment available
Recognize Silica Hazards Before They Cause Harm
Cutting, grinding, drilling, or crushing concrete, brick, stone, or sand releases silica dust fine enough to lodge deep in the lungs. Long-term exposure causes silicosis, lung cancer, COPD, and kidney disease.
Workers and supervisors learn to spot silica hazards, judge exposure risk, and understand the controls that reduce silica dust.
Health Hazards of Silica Exposure
Respiratory disease from inhaling respirable crystalline silica dust.
Recognizing Silica-Producing Tasks
Construction and industrial tasks that generate silica dust.
Exposure Controls and Safe Work Practices
Controls that minimize silica exposure: engineering, work practices, respiratory protection.
OSHA Silica Standards Overview
Federal OSHA requirements for exposure assessment, medical surveillance, and training.
Workers and Employers Exposed to Silica Dust
For construction and general industry workers who perform or supervise silica-generating tasks — cutting concrete, abrasive blasting, masonry, foundries, or stone fabrication.
Cut, grind, drill, or demolish concrete, brick, block, or stone.
Saw, grind, or break masonry materials.
Sandblast or use abrasive materials containing silica.
Saw, grind, or polish concrete surfaces.
Silica exposure in casting, molding, or material handling.
Implement silica exposure controls and training programs.
Awareness Training Based on OSHA Silica Standards
OSHA regulates respirable crystalline silica through two standards: 29 CFR 1926.1153 (construction) and 1910.1053 (general industry and maritime). Both require exposure assessment, controls, respiratory protection when needed, a written exposure control plan, medical surveillance for qualifying employees, and worker training.
OSHA specifically requires training on your workplace's specific tasks and your employer's specific controls — so this awareness course must be supplemented with workplace-specific, task-specific instruction.
Federal OSHA Standards
Built on 29 CFR 1926.1153 (Construction) and 1910.1053 (General Industry and Maritime).
Online Awareness Foundation
Health hazards, exposure recognition, and general controls, self-paced online.
Unlimited Exam Retakes
Retake the final assessment as often as needed to earn your certificate.
Immediate Certificate of Completion
Certificate of Completion available online immediately after you finish.
What This Course Provides vs. What Your Employer Must Still Provide
Completing this course does not satisfy all employer obligations under the silica standards.
What This Online Course Provides
- Silica health hazards: silicosis, lung cancer, COPD, and kidney disease
- Recognizing silica-producing tasks
- Controls: engineering, work practices, and respiratory protection
- Overview of 1926.1153 and 1910.1053 employer duties
- Unlimited exam retakes
- A Certificate of Completion
What Your Employer Must Still Provide
- Site-specific training on your silica tasks and controls
- Exposure assessment to determine where controls are needed
- A written exposure control plan identifying tasks and methods
- Engineering and work practice controls that reduce exposure below the PEL
- Respiratory protection under a respiratory protection program, when required
- Medical surveillance for employees meeting exposure or respirator-use criteria
- A designated competent person for inspections and the plan (construction)
- Recordkeeping of exposure assessments and medical surveillance
This course builds awareness — the site-specific training and controls listed above remain the employer's responsibility.
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Reach OutBuild Your Silica Safety Foundation in 90 Minutes.
Recognizing the risk is the first step to protection. Train at your own pace; your certificate is available immediately after passing.