Reduce Your Dust Exposure: Clean Dust from Work Clothes

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• Alternative Title:
  Reduce Your Dust Exposure: Clean Dust from Work Clothes [English]
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Did you know? Using clothes cleaning technology throughout the workday can reduce your exposure to respirable dust by up to 88%. Launder clothes post-shift, including sweatshirts and coats, and use leather (not cloth) gloves to avoid dust buildup. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Clothing Dust Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Clean-up Hazards Dust Control Dust Exposure Dust Particles Gloves Laundering Protective Clothing Respirable Dust Safety Clothing Safety Measures Safety Practices Work Clothing Work Schedules

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• Series:
  Mining Publications   ; NIOSH Infographics  
• Subseries:
  Reduce Your Dust Exposure
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050546
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2017 Oct; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0070e4f176ca28a9e28c3f0075dd2da129582828d3b29288905560c5f368e54bb0dea370d4bb51ca20508a113be298cc4e12a32bb70c9e7be3d5ac2dc67d2699
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/255258/cdc_255258_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 197.58 KB ]