NIOSH Hazard Controls HC5 – Control of Wood Dust from Shapers

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Wood dust control has been inadequate for workers using wood shapers. An improved hood configuration was developed which could significantly reduce emission of wood dust particles. Under normal operating conditions, wood shaper emissions have been controlled by an exhaust hood located at the back edge of the work table, allowing the operator to move freely in the workplace. If the hood could be placed nearer the cutting head, dust collection would be maximized, but the operator's freedom to move in the work place would be severely restricted. A hood extension has been designed which has a flexible face opening. The flexible face consisted of cloth covered chains that allow the wood to pass through, but which at the same time stop the wood dust particles from moving through. The extension also increases the hood face velocity by minimizing the open face area. At the present time this wood dust control device is not commercially available. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Ventilation Wood
• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Control-technology Dust-control Exhaust-ventilation Power-tools Wood-dusts Woodworkers Woodworking-industry
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Hazard Control
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB96122
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00234635
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 96-122, (HC 5), 1996 Sep; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:182320872287b70f5a6f110bb07fbff657c92661a090675ae75f155f0308335ae606876c873038f377fa31edd97dd761e89debb77a3f921b2d0b855751ac9bde
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209706/cdc_209706_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 165.76 KB ]