NIOSH Hazard Controls HC10 – Control of Wood Dust from Table Saws

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The use of a local exhaust hood to control the dust generated during the use of table saws was described. Traditionally wood dust control at table saws has been through exhaust systems through the bottom of the table. A local exhaust hood was added to a table saw to control wood dust. Another modification involved the addition of a divided plate in the table base to increase the exhaust velocity and aid clean out. The table exhaust system was also relocated. The exhaust hood, when placed over the top of the blade saw, contained the dust as it was thrown from the saw blade. Use of the exhaust hood reduced wood dust emissions by over 90% when installed on a typical table saw. The hood was designed so that it will not interfere with the operation of the worker. It was easy to install and maintain. At present this dust control device is not commercially available. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Environmental Monitoring Eye Foreign Bodies Irritants Neoplasms Nose Nose Diseases Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sense Organs Skin Ventilation Wood

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-monitoring Airborne-particles Dust-control Dust-control-equipment Exhaust-hoods Exhaust-systems Exhaust-ventilation Eye-irritants Nasal-cancer Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Skin-irritants Wood-dusts Woodworkers Woodworking Woodworking-equipment Woodworking-industry

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Hazard Control
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB96127
• 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:00234639
• 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. 96-127, (HC 10), 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:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209709/cdc_209709_DS1.pdf
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