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OSHA  has highlighted dangerous activities in Fracking such as driving and erecting rig towers.
There is also warnings of the dangers of explosions and poisonous hydrogen sulfide during flowback operations.

While many operations may well have already initiated precautions to protect their workers from the hazards this is something that needs to be brought forward and made everyone aware of.

A couple years ago OSHA issued a hazard alert to fracking workers about the dangers of breathing in the sand they come in contact with while working which could expose employees to levels of fine sand dust more than 10 times the recommended safe limit.
The dust contains silica or quartz that, if inhaled, can cause an irreversible lung disease known as silicosis.

The alert lists the “permissible exposure limits” for various hydrocarbons such as toluene and hexane that are airborne chemicals from well site tanks.

Read the OSHA Report Here: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3763.pdf