11/29/2023: The California Artificial Stone and Silicosis (CASS) Project

Recorded on Wednesday, November 29, 2023

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The California Artificial Stone and Silicosis (CASS) Project

About the webinar:

This presentation will summarize the CASS Project. The overarching aim of this project is to promote respiratory health among vulnerable workers in California’s countertop fabrication industry through education, medical monitoring, and statewide enhanced surveillance. The overall hypothesis of this project is that a multifaceted public health intervention will increase compliance with silica regulations and the detection of silicosis in the contemporary workplaces of California’s countertop fabrication industry.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • Describe the risk of silicosis for workers using engineered stone and identify effective strategies for prevention

  • Identify challenges to prevention for this vulnerable worker population

  • Discuss how a multifaceted public health intervention can complement a regulatory approach to prevention

Speaker: Kristin Cummings, MD, MPH

Kristin Cummings, MD, MPH is Chief of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. 

Speaker: Robert Harrison, MD, MPH

Robert Harrison, MD, MPH, is Chief of the Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program in the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Together they lead the CASS Project.

ACCREDITATION

The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 Contact Hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12983, for 1.0 contact hour.

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ACCESSIBILITY:

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Michelle Meyer at (510) 642-8365 or mmeyer@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

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