Workplace Solutions: Control of Hazardous Dust when Grinding Concrete

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Echt, Alan S. ; Whalen, John J.
• Description:
  Construction workers are exposed to hazardous dust when using handheld electric grinders to smooth poured concrete surfaces after forms are stripped. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found that exposures could be reduced if a local exhaust ventilation (LEV) shroud was attached to the grinder. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  "The principal contributors to this publication were Alan Echt of the Division of Applied Research and Technology, NIOSH and John J. Whalen under contract with the U.S. Public Health Service, Division of Federal Occupational Health." - acknowledgements
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Dust Engineering Occupational Health Particulate Matter Personal Protective Equipment Quartz Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Silicon Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Construction-industry; Construction-equipment; Construction-workers; Respirable-dust; Concretes; Dust-control; Dust-control-equipment; Dust-exposure; Dust-particles; Dusts; Ventilation-systems; Ventilation; Ventilation-equipment; Control-technology; Engineering-controls; Silica-dusts; Quartz-dust; Particulate-dust; Particulates; Work-practices; Respiratory-protective-equipment; Respirators; Respiratory-protection
• 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. 2009-115, 2009 Apr; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2009115
• 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:20035192
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-108932
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:74a55526201929d2934a3ff79ee0734dc1e2a6eebb6f5248fb1a7f47b6a309af5df20c05a941d5a3308bb4ed78ed5eff3290c31de6b705b9ea95b7a69332c26f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5511/cdc_5511_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 287.47 KB ]