New Silica Regulations:
They May Apply To You!
OSHA has issued a final rule for Silica exposure to curb lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease in America's workers by limiting their exposure to respirable crystalline silica. This standard is effective September 23, 2017 for Construction and June 23, 2018 for General Industry.
This seminar will include:
- Identifying the materials and tasks that create silica hazards
- The health risks of silica
- What is required in a silica control plan
- The purpose and description of the medical surveillance program
- Working safely with silica, including proper use of equipment, protective clothing, and appropriate hygiene practices
- Tools and new technology to control silica exposure.
Industries Impacted:
Manufacturing: Foundries, Abrasive blasting, Paint, Glass, Concrete, Brick making, Plumbing fixtures, Refractory
Construction: highway, masonry, concrete, rock drilling
Construction tasks: masonry saws, grinders, drills, jackhammers and handheld powered chipping tools; vehicle-mounted drilling rigs; milling; operating crushing machines; and heavy equipment for demolition.
Presented by... 
Dianne Grote Adams, MS, CIH, CSP, CPEA, FAIHA
Dianne Grote Adams is a Board-Certified Industrial Hygienist, Board-Certified Safety Professional and Certified Professional Environmental Auditor in Health and Safety with more than 30 years of experience.
Dianne has comprehensive environmental, safety and industrial hygiene experience. She has conducted audits, trained management and ES&H professionals, coached ES&H staff and mentored other women business owners. Her recent audit experience includes contractors, engineering consulting firms, manufacturers and distribution centers. During her career, she has conducted or supervised hundreds of industrial hygiene and indoor air quality surveys, written and reviewed compliance programs, and developed and presented hundreds of employee and management training courses, webinars and workshops.
Dianne is active in the professional community. In 2013, she began a four-year term on the Board of Cristo Rey Columbus. Dianne will serve on the AIHA Conference Program Committee from 2016 through 2019. Dianne completed a three-year term as a member of the AIHA Board of Directors in 2014; during that time, she served on the Finance Committee and the Executive Development Committee. Dianne is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), American Academy of Industrial Hygiene (AAIH) and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). Prior to her current volunteer activities, Dianne was on the Ohio State University Environmental Health Science Advisory Board, the advisory committee for the Ohio University Industrial Hygiene Program, the Otterbein Alumni Council, the AIHA Local Section Council, the AIHA PSTFII Task Force, the All-Ohio Safety Congress and the Central Ohio AIHA.
Dianne was recognized as the Distinguished Fellow Award by the AIHA in 2017. She was a finalist for the 2015 NAWBO Columbus Visionary Award. In 2014, Safex was awarded the Conway Family Business Center Community Engagement Award. In 2013, Safex received the Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service. In 2010, Dianne received the “Ohio Keys to Success Award” sponsored by the Ohio Department of Development’s Entrepreneurship and Small Business Division. In 2007, Dianne was the proud recipient of the Builders Exchange “Meg DeWerth Industry Impact Safety Award.” In 2005, she was one of five “Change Makers” to premiere in the June Columbus Business First Women in Business Supplement. Dianne received the Central Ohio Local Section of the AIHA “Industrial Hygiene Award of Excellence” in 2003 and the "Outstanding Industrial Hygiene Award" in 1992, In 2002, she was a finalist for the Ernst and Young “Entrepreneur of the Year”. She was named to the Business First " 40 Under 40" Business Leaders in 1993.
Since 1992, Dianne has been the President of Safex. Prior to Safex, Dianne worked with Abbott/Ross Laboratories, ChemLawn Services Corporation and with the Ohio OSHA Consultation Program. Dianne was an adjunct professor at Columbus State Community College from 2008-2010. Dianne received a BA in Life Science from Otterbein University and a MS in Environmental Health/Occupational Safety from the University of Cincinnati.