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Wood-dust exposure during wood-working processes
Personal and ambient full shift concentrations of inhalable wood dust were measured at different wood-working processes in two joineries and a furniture factory in The Netherlands. The current occupational exposure limit for wood dust is still 5 mg/m3 total dust, but the Dutch Expert Committee for Occupational Standards has recently recommended a health-based limit of 0,2 mg/m3 (total wood dust). The main purpose of the present study was to characterize current wood-dust exposures during different wood-working activities in order to determine whether compliance with the proposed limit was feasible. The wood-dust exposures in the joineries were usually much lower than 5 mg/m3, but in the furniture factory the present limit was regularly exceeded. Sanding, especially hand sanding, nearly always resulted in exposures above 5 mg/m3. Almost all personal exposures were higher than the proposed health-based limit of 0,2 mg/m3 and therefore can be considered to generate a health risk to the workers. The measurements performed may help in setting priorities and will serve as a basis for the development of a control strategy to reduce the average exposure.
Wood-dust exposure during wood-working processes
Personal and ambient full shift concentrations of inhalable wood dust were measured at different wood-working processes in two joineries and a furniture factory in The Netherlands. The current occupational exposure limit for wood dust is still 5 mg/m3 total dust, but the Dutch Expert Committee for Occupational Standards has recently recommended a health-based limit of 0,2 mg/m3 (total wood dust). The main purpose of the present study was to characterize current wood-dust exposures during different wood-working activities in order to determine whether compliance with the proposed limit was feasible. The wood-dust exposures in the joineries were usually much lower than 5 mg/m3, but in the furniture factory the present limit was regularly exceeded. Sanding, especially hand sanding, nearly always resulted in exposures above 5 mg/m3. Almost all personal exposures were higher than the proposed health-based limit of 0,2 mg/m3 and therefore can be considered to generate a health risk to the workers. The measurements performed may help in setting priorities and will serve as a basis for the development of a control strategy to reduce the average exposure.
Wood-dust exposure during wood-working processes
Die Belastung mit Holzstaub an Arbeitsplätzen in der Holzverarbeitung
Scheeper, B. (author) / Kromhout, H. (author) / Boleij, J.S.M. (author)
The Annals of Occupational Hygiene ; 39 ; 141-153
1995
13 Seiten, 5 Tabellen, 27 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
Holz , Staub , Arbeitsplatz , Arbeitsmedizin , Messen , Einatmung , Schmirgeln , statistische Analyse , Staubkonzentration , Holzstaub
Online Contents | 1995