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[VIDEO] Controlling Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction: Handheld Grinders

A short video describing how to properly use specified dust control methods with handheld grinders for uses other than mortar removal to effectively limit workers’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica

Jan 14, 2019

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