Has frac sand become less hazardous?

Well, I'm a west coast struttin'
One bad mother got a rattlesnake suitcase under my arm
Said I'm a mean machine, been drinking gasoline
And, honey, you can make my motor hum

- Guns and Roses

My question is not for Axl Rose and all the badasses, Im asking mere mortals and even nancy boys that would care about little things like, oh, I don't know, silicosis?

This newer way of doing frac sand, you still working in clouds of dust? I know it was once blown in without wearing respirators. Then, everyone got respirators. And, this new way, even safer?

I can ask the same about about checking the oil tanks. I couldnt do it, I couldnt stand the fumes.

I was in the oil fields in 2013, 2014. Has it gotten any better?

 

Thank you, that's exactly what I was looking for. Marlboro filterless is really manly but Id rather be healthy.

Thinking about doing it again. Especially Texas , it was kind of fun off roading in the desert and experimenting with the hot sauces on the Tex Mex.