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ASTM E1132-99a

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Standard Practice for Health Requirements Relating to Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica

Standard Practice for Health Requirements Relating to Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica

SCOPE
1.1 This practice is designed to help protect the health of workers where there may be occupational exposure to quartz dust.  
1.2 The various actions recommended in this practice apply where occupational exposures are at, or in excess of, the limits given in 5.1.  
1.3 Nothing in this practice shall be interpreted as requiring any action that violates any statute or requirement of any federal, state, or other regulatory agency.  
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. It is the responsibility of the user to consult all material safety data sheets and labels pertaining to any hazardous materials used in this standard.

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Status
Historical
Publication Date
09-Aug-1999
ICS
13.040.30 - Workplace atmospheres
Technical Committee
E34 - Occupational Health and Safety
Current Stage
Ref Project

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Replaced By
ASTM E1132-06 - Standard Practice for Health Requirements Relating to Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica
Effective Date
01-Dec-2006
Referred By
ASTM E1542-21 - Standard Terminology Relating to Occupational Health and Safety
Effective Date
10-Aug-1999
Referred By
ASTM E2625-19 - Standard Practice for Controlling Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica for Construction and Demolition Activities
Effective Date
10-Aug-1999

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NOTICE: This standard has either been superseded and replaced by a new version or withdrawn.
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Designation: E 1132 – 99a
Standard Practice for
Health Requirements Relating to Occupational Exposure to
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Respirable Crystalline Silica
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1132; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (ϵ) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
Silicondioxide(silica,SiO )isencounteredinnatureandindustryinawidevarietyofforms.These
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range from essentially anhydrous types with or without a very high degree of crystallinity, to highly
hydroxylated or hydrated types which are amorphous by x-ray diffraction examination. Crystalline
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silica exists in a number of forms or polymorphs. The three major forms, quartz, cristobalite, and
tridymite, pertain to this practice. Quartz (or alpha quartz) is the more common form encountered as
airborne particulates. Two of the polymorphs, cristobalite and tridymite are formed at elevated
temperatures and are much less common in nature, but might be encountered in several occupations
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where silicas are fired (calcined) at high temperatures. These silica materials have a broad range of
physical and chemical properties.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This practice covers a description of several actions that 2.1 ASTM Standards:
could be taken to reduce the probability of harmful occupa- E 1238 Specification for Transferring Clinical Observations
tional exposures to humans in environments containing respi- Between Independent Computer Systems
rable crystalline silica. E 1239 Guide or Description of Reservation/Registration-
1.2 Nothing in this practice shall be interpreted as requiring Admission, Discharge, Transfer (R-ADT) Systems for
any action that violates any statute or requirement of any Automated Patient Care Information Systems
federal, state, or other regulatory agency. E 1384 Guide for Content and Structure of the Computer-
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the Based Patient Record
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the E 1633 Specification for Coded Values Used in Computer-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- Based Patient Record
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- E 1715 Practice for an Object-Oriented Model for Regis-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. It is the responsi- tration,Admitting, Discharge, and Transfer (RADT) Func-
bility of the user to consult all material safety data sheets and tions in Computer-Based Patient Record Systems
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labels pertaining to any hazardous materials used in this 2.2 ANSI Standards:
standard. Z9.2 1979 Fundamentals Governing the Design and Opera-
tion of Local Exhaust Systems
Z88.2 1992American National Standard Practice for Respi-
ratory Protection
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E34 on Occupa-
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2.3 Code of Federal Regulations:
tional Health and Safety and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E34.16 on
29 CFR 1910.134, Respiratory Protection
Silicas.
Current edition approved Aug. 10, 1999. Published September 1999. Originally
Published as E 1132 - 99. Last Previous edition E 1132 - 99.
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Smith, Deane K., Opal, cristobalite, and tridymite: Noncrystallinity versus For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
crystallinity, nomenclature of the silica minerals and bibliography, Powder Diffrac- contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
tion, Vol 13, 1998, pp 1–18. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
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Miles, W.J., Crystalline silica analysis of Wyoming bentonite by X-ray the ASTM website.
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diffraction after phosphoric acid digestion, Analytical Chemistry Acta, Vol 286, Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
1994, pp 97–105. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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E 1132 – 99a
29 CFR 1910.1000, Air Contaminants Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), is 0.05
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29 CFR 1910.1200, Hazard Communication mg/m as a time weighted average (TWA) for up to 10 h/day
42 CFR 84 Title 42, Part 84, Approval of Respiratory during a 40-h workweek.
Protective Devices, Tests for Permissibility, Fees
4.1.5 Other industries or companies may adapt different
30 CFR 56,Title 30, Su
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