Task Guidance Sheets

The task guidance sheets section contains a range of task guidance sheets which describe good practice techniques for various common and specific tasks. The general task guidance sheets apply to all of the industries which are signatories of the Agreement on Workers’ Health Protection through the Good Handling and Use of Crystalline Silica and Products containing it. The specific task guidance sheets relate to tasks concerning only a limited number of industry sectors. The management task guidance sheets relate to general management tasks and apply to all industries.

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General Specific Management Translations

Ref	GENERAL TASK GUIDANCE SHEETS	All Sectors
2.1.1	Cleaning of surfaces and installations
2.1.2	Design of buildings
2.1.3	Design of control rooms
2.1.4	Design of ducting
2.1.5	Design of dust extraction units
2.1.6	Planning for unforeseeable high exposure situations
2.1.7	General indoor storage
2.1.8	General outdoor storage
2.1.9	General ventilation
2.1.10	Good hygiene
2.1.11	Handling and transport systems
2.1.12	Laboratory work
2.1.13	Local exhaust ventilation
2.1.14	Maintenance service and repair activities
2.1.14a	Dry cutting and grinding applications using hand-held angle grinders/cutters or electric wall chasers
2.1.14b	Dry grinding of concrete and other materials using electric concrete surface grinders
2.1.14c	Dry sanding activities using hand-held electric power tools
2.1.14d	Wet processing of mineral workpieces containing crystalline silica using hand-held power tools
2.1.15	Personal protective equipment
2.1.16	Removing dust or sludge from an extraction unit
2.1.18	Systems of packaging

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Ref	SPECIFIC TASK GUIDANCE SHEETS	AGG	AST	CEM	CER	CSMU	EXCA	FND	GLA	GYP	IMA	INS	MIN	MOR	NST	PC	RMC
2.2.1a	Bag emptying – small bags
2.2.1b	Bag emptying – bulk bags
2.2.2	Batch charging into the process – glass
2.2.3a	Bulk road tanker loading
2.2.3b	Bulk loading
2.2.4a	Bulk road tanker unloading – blowing off
2.2.4b	Bulk unloading
2.2.5	Core making and moulding in foundries
2.2.6	Crushing of minerals/raw materials
2.2.7	Cutting and polishing ceramic and stone materials
2.2.8	Drying minerals/raw materials
2.2.9	Dry pressing in ceramics
2.2.10	Fettling larger castings in foundries
2.2.11	Fettling smaller castings in foundries
2.2.12	Final treatment (dry or wet) in ceramics and concrete
2.2.13	Firing (biscuit, glaze, final, decoration) in ceramics and stones
2.2.14	Glass furnace batch charging – container glass
2.2.15	Sandblasting in factories
2.2.16	Grinding of minerals/raw materials
2.2.17	Isostatic pressing (dry) in ceramics
2.2.18	Jumbo bagging
2.2.19	Knock-out and shake-out in foundries
2.2.20	Lining and break-out in foundries
2.2.21	Mixing of materials
2.2.22	Periodic and continuous drying
2.2.23	Plastic shaping in ceramics and concrete
2.2.24	Preparation in ceramics
2.2.25	Preparing sand in foundries
2.2.26a	Weighing out small quantities
2.2.26b	Weighing out bulk materials
2.2.27	Using water/additives on the road or open surfaces to reduce dust levels
2.2.28	Screening
2.2.29	Shot-blasting in foundries
2.2.30a	Small bag filling – coarse products
2.2.30b	Small bag filling – flours/fines
2.2.30c	Automated small bag filling
2.2.31	Spray drying in ceramics and concrete
2.2.32	Spray glazing in ceramics
2.2.33	Transport systems for fine dry silica products
2.2.34	Use of a drilling rig
2.2.35	Water assisted dust suppression
2.2.36	Installation of countertops
2.2.37	Respiratory protective equipment for the slab industry
2.2.38	Manufacturing of stone by fabricators: water-integrated machinery tools at the fabrication plant
2.2.39	Cleaning of hardening carriages of calcium silicate masonry units
2.2.40	Moulding of calcium silicate masonry units before hardening
2.2.41	Surface treatment of calcium silicate masonry units
2.2.42	Wet cutting processes of masonry units stones materials
2.2.43	Quarry mobile equipment – excavation and haulage
2.2.44	Quarry mobile processing plant

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Ref	MANAGEMENT TASK GUIDANCE SHEETS	All Sectors
2.3.1	Dust monitoring
2.3.2	Real time dust monitoring
2.3.3	Supervision
2.3.4	Training
2.3.5	Working with contractors

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Acronym	Sector
ALL	All sectors
AGG	Aggregates
AST	Agglomerated Stones
CEM	Cement
CER	Ceramics
CSMU	Calcium Silicate Masonry Units
EXCA	Expanded Clay Aggregates
FND	Foundry
GLA	Glass
GYP	Gypsum
IMA	Industrial Minerals
INS	Mineral Wool
MIN	Mining
MOR	Factory-Made Mortars
NST	Natural Stones
PC	Precast Concrete
RMC	Ready Mixed Concrete

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