Workplace Solutions: Water Spray Control of Hazardous Dust when Breaking Concrete with a Jackhammer

Details

• 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 jackhammers to break concrete pavement. NIOSH found that exposures could be reduced by using a waterspray attachment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  "The principal contributor to this publication was Alan Echt of the Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. John J. Whalen, under a NIOSH contract, served as lead writer/editor. This research was conducted in cooperation with the New Jersey Silica Partnership." - acknowledgements
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Construction Materials Dust Engineering Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction-workers; Construction-industry; Construction-equipment; Construction-materials; Dust-control; Dust-control-equipment; Engineering-controls; Control-technology; Protective-equipment; Protective-measures; Personal-protective-equipment; Personal-protection; Respiratory-protective-equipment; Respiratory-protection; Construction-Search
• 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. 2008-127, 2008 May; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2008127
• 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:20033986
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2008-111684
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:23b1f63190ebfe880e2a6461d1d947572e8d452a565ac54a9fc4e7020cbe20f9148f2a97ddf332026c727906293a0a150cfc44679a8fef6a5b00d646f1691d92
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5600/cdc_5600_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.08 MB ]