wood dust exposure News
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Workers Exposed to Wood Dusts can be at Risk
Tens of thousands of workers across the Mid-Atlantic region are exposed to wood dusts every time they go to work. These workers include carpenters, construction workers and people who work in factories that utilize wood and wood products. While many people recognize that wood dusts can pose a combustible dust hazard, few recognize that exposure to wood dusts can cause a host of negative ...
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Sawdust Ignites Causing a Large Fire at a Manufacturing Plant
Recently, a three-story warehouse in Enfield, Connecticut burst into flames. Fire investigators have determined that sawdust was likely ignited by a piece of hot metal which made its way to the dust house at the manufacturing plant. Wood dust is a common product and byproduct of many manufacturing processes across the nation. Wood dust is easily ignited when it becomes airborne and is ...
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California’s Prop 65 and Public Health Concerns over Wood Dust
In 1986, California voters approved an initiative to address increasing concerns over exposure to toxic chemicals. That initiative, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, is better known by its original name of Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires businesses to notify Californians about significant amounts of chemicals in the products they purchase, in their homes or ...
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Exposure to Wood Dust Hazards Revealed in New Online Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of another online video to help educate the public about issues that may impact their health. The latest educational video discusses health hazards associated with wood dusts. In 2009, wood dust was added to California's Proposition 65 list as a substance known to the State of California to cause cancer. Many ...
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Safety crack down on North English industrial estates
More than 100 businesses in Newcastle, England were visited in a recent crackdown on industrial estates by Health and Safety Executive and local council inspectors. On 14 occasions, they were so worried about what they saw, they issued an official “improvement notice” requiring action to be taken as a matter of urgency to prevent an accident occurring. A further eight improvement notices will ...
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Identifying and Controlling Occupational Exposures to Respirable Dusts in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico and across the world, many occupations come with risks associated with dust exposure on the job. The list of industries and occupations were dust exposure can be a hazard is diverse and includes workers in construction, demolition, manufacturing, utilities, mining, food processing and agriculture to name just a few. The types of dust generated on a worksite or in a factory can be ...
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