I had posted a few weeks ago about a recent sighting of silica exposures during concrete/asphalt cutting. Then, today, at a stoplight…there it is.

A worker was using a gas powered hot saw (cut off saw) with an abrasive blade to cut a concrete pipe. No respirator.

If you were me, what would you do? (Leave your answer in the comments section)

  • call the company main office?
  • stop and caution the employee?
  • call OSHA?
  • take a picture and post it for the world to see (check…ha)
  • offer to buy a respirator
  • perform air monitoring for them? (for free, of course.?)