Monday, March 25, 2013

AIHA White Paper Describes Silica Competent Person Requirements

AIHA's Construction Committee Silica Competent Person Project Team has released a white paper, "Recommended Skills and Capabilities for Silica Competent Persons." The paper discusses the minimum body of knowledge needed by a person to provide worker protection from silica. AIHA reports that the white paper provides a list of recommended subject-specific skills and objectives that a silica competent person must have to perform the job.