Khoza, NNEdwards, AKekana, MP2013-11-122013-11-122012-09Khoza, NN, Edwards, A and Kekana MP. 2012. Respirable silica dust exposure amongst foundry workers in Gauteng, South Africa: A task-based risk assessment. In: 9th International Occupational Hygiene Association conference, Malaysia, 15-19 September 2012http://hdl.handle.net/10204/70579th International Occupational Hygiene Association conference, Malaysia, 15-19 September 2012Silicosis is a problem in South African foundries; the problem has been exacerbated by inadequate dust control and neglect of occupational health in foundry industries. Because of the extent of the problem, the Department of Labour revised its occupational exposure limit of silica dust from 0.4 mg/m³ to 0.1 mg/m³ in 2008; however, cases of diseases associated with crystalline silica dust are still reported to the compensation commissioner every year, with unknown exposure levels. For this reason this study aimed to determine the exposure levels of foundry workers to respirable crystalline silica dust and rank tasks with high exposure.enRespirable silica dustFoundry workersSilicosisDust exposureOccupational risksOccupational exposureConference PresentationKhoza, N., Edwards, A., & Kekana, M. (2012). Respirable silica dust exposure amongst foundry workers in Gauteng, South Africa: A task-based risk assessment. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7057Khoza, NN, A Edwards, and MP Kekana. "Respirable silica dust exposure amongst foundry workers in Gauteng, South Africa: A task-based risk assessment." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7057Khoza N, Edwards A, Kekana M, Respirable silica dust exposure amongst foundry workers in Gauteng, South Africa: A task-based risk assessment; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7057 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Khoza, NN AU - Edwards, A AU - Kekana, MP AB - Silicosis is a problem in South African foundries; the problem has been exacerbated by inadequate dust control and neglect of occupational health in foundry industries. Because of the extent of the problem, the Department of Labour revised its occupational exposure limit of silica dust from 0.4 mg/m³ to 0.1 mg/m³ in 2008; however, cases of diseases associated with crystalline silica dust are still reported to the compensation commissioner every year, with unknown exposure levels. For this reason this study aimed to determine the exposure levels of foundry workers to respirable crystalline silica dust and rank tasks with high exposure. DA - 2012-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Respirable silica dust KW - Foundry workers KW - Silicosis KW - Dust exposure KW - Occupational risks KW - Occupational exposure LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - Respirable silica dust exposure amongst foundry workers in Gauteng, South Africa: A task-based risk assessment TI - Respirable silica dust exposure amongst foundry workers in Gauteng, South Africa: A task-based risk assessment UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7057 ER -