April 24, 2025
Virtual Tech Talk: Silica and Asbestos
This session covers legal requirements for Exposure Control Plans, focusing on asbestos and silica. Learn about the latest asbestos legislation, health risks, risk assessments, and key safety procedures. Understand where silica is found, its health effects, and proper control measures. The session also reviews the ALARA Principle and the requirement to submit a Notice of Project for hazardous substances.
Date & Time
Thursday, April 24, 2025 (3:30 pm – 4:30 pm pt)
Location
Zoom
Details
- Asbestos
- Review of 2024 changes to asbestos legislation
- History of asbestos
- What is asbestos and where is it found
- Understanding the adverse health effects of asbestos exposure
- Review of the risk assessment and classification process for asbestos
- Key points of asbestos procedures
- Silica
- What is Respirable Crystalline Silica and where is it found
- Understanding the adverse health effects of silica exposure
- Review of the risk assessment process for silica
- Key points of silica procedures
- Review and application of the ALARA Principle
- Requirement to submit a Notice of Project – Hazardous Substances
Instructor(s)
Roger Regehr
Regehr Workplace Safety Solutions
With a passion for workplace health and safety and over 25 years of experience in the health and safety industry, Roger founded Regehr Workplace Safety Solutions in 2007. Early in his career, while employed as a first aid attendant and supervisor at a local sawmill, he experienced first-hand the devastating impact a serious injury can have on a worker and their loved ones. This event heavily influenced his decision to shift the core focus of his career to health and safety.
Roger’s previous experience working with tools, equipment, and heavy machinery in his early career, has proven to be an asset to his work as a safety professional, providing him with first-hand knowledge of the health and safety challenges workers face when working on the tools.
Cancellation Policy
Presentations are intended for educational purposes only and should not be relied on in place of professional advice. The opinions and views expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter(s) and should not be taken to represent those of the Electrical Contractors Association of British Columbia (“ECABC”). The ECABC does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided in this presentation. Members should make their own inquiries and obtain their own professional advice to address their particular circumstances.
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