Silicosis Prevention

These three Power Point presentations are a follow-up to our publication, The Foundry Manager’s Guide to Air Sampling and the Prevention of Silicosis. These Federal OSHA funded and approved presentations are available for online previewing or downloading. These programs require Microsoft PowerPoint in order to be viewed. WinZip, PKZip or similar are required for opening the Downloaded Zip Files. If you prefer to have us put the programs on a CD-ROM for you, please contact PFA at info@pfaweb.org


Prevention of Silicosis in the Foundry Industry, A Train-the-Trainer Education Module
This module is designed for foundry managers and those new to the industry. It provides you with a specific list of steps to take to introduce a comprehensive silicosis program into your plant. Some of the topics covered are: A definition of the problem, The anatomy of breathing, How silicosis is contracted, Steps you can take to prevent silicosis in your foundry and a list of useful references. Photos and speaker notes are included.

Silicosis_Trainer

(2.7 MB)

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Protecting Yourself from Silicosis in the Foundry Industry, A Worker Training Module
This training module is a companion piece to the Train-the-Trainer module. It can be copied and given out to your workers but it is preferable to take them through it in a 45-minute to 1-hour session. Photos and speaker notes are included.

Silicosis_Worker

(1.7 MB)

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Protéjase Contra la Silicosis en las Plantas de Fundiciónes, Una Guía Educaciónal para el Obrero
This module is the same as the worker module above but in Spanish. Also, the speaker notes sections contain not just the speaker notes in Spanish and English, but each entire slide is also in English, simplifying training by an English-only speaker.

Silicosis_Español

(1.9 MB)

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