Workplace Solutions: Reducing Hazardous Dust Exposure when Cutting Fiber-Cement Siding

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Qi, Chaolong ; Whalen, John J.
• Description:
  Construction workers may be exposed to hazardous dust containing silica when cutting fiber-cement siding. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found that workers' exposures could be reduced by attaching a regular shop vacuum to a dust-collecting circular saw providing a simple low-cost solution. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Construction Materials Dust Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Construction; Construction-industry; Construction-workers; Construction-materials; Construction-equipment; Cements; Concretes; Fibrous-dusts; Respirable-dust; Silica-dusts; Silicosis; Cutting-tools; Power-tools; Vacuum-equipment; Filters; Dust-control-equipment; Dust-particles; Dust-suppression; Dust-exposure; Employee-exposure; Occupational-exposure; Protective-measures; Protective-equipment; Safety-practices; Work-practices; Respirators; Respiratory-equipment; Personal-protective-equipment; Disease-prevention
• Source:
  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. 2015-185, 2015 Jun; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2015185
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046308
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2015-105150
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5076563f9d2f7cb2a274dfd8a700c9a6e763153c44e779ccf825a634134423ec88a0e84d3004770bdfbc52997157a84f95b1f199fe7eeac7397e3f28f47f3a01
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31554/cdc_31554_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 561.61 KB ]