Dust and Noise Exposure While Using a Portable Wood Dust Collector

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• Personal Author:
  Barnhart RT ; Carrington C ; Drewek MR ; Vosburgh DJH
• Description:
  The use of a portable wood dust collector (PWDC) to reduce exposure to wood dust during sanding with a belt sander or sawing with a miter saw was studied and an assessment was conducted of the effect of this collector on noise exposure. This pilot study used Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) samplers to collect wood dust samples and personal noise dosimeters to measure noise exposure. The PWDC was used to study various setup configurations for sanding and sawing. Other variables of interest were wood type, PDWC filter type, and sandpaper use frequency. The setup configuration of a commercially available hood was an important factor in the inhalable dust exposure when using sanding (p = .0001) and also sawing (p < .0001). The PDWC did not increase the noise during either task. None of the variables of interest predicted the noise level while sanding with a belt sander (p = .56). The type of wood was a significant predictor of noise for sawing with a miter saw (p = .01). The time it takes to adjust the PDWC hood and how this additional task affects productivity should be assessed to further understand the effectiveness of this control strategy. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Engineering Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Wood
• Keywords:
  Dust Collectors Dust Exposure Engineering Controls Noise Exposure Wood Dusts Woodworking Equipment
• ISSN:
  0022-0892
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  12-17
• Volume:
  83
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064050
• Citation:
  J Environ Health 2020 Dec; 83(5):12-17
• Contact Point Address:
  Donna J.H. Vosburgh, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater, 800 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190
• Email:
  vosburgd@uww.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Environmental Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d3dc73eca830d997cb4a3b56b3e61d13e6e77f5502d46d2825650c4ef11e1c0e11e700e7a137afa3c760a2a46d7bbe9d22e6911ffea9e857558435e414e4e5a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222576/cdc_222576_DS1.pdf
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