[VIDEO] Control Respirable Crystalline Silica: Handheld Grinders Removing Mortar

Short video describes how to control dust from handheld grinders removing mortar (tuckpointing) to limit workers’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica

Jan 16, 2019

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