Hazards & Controls
Respiratory Safety
Dust Inhalation

Article discusses inaccuracies in agricultural dust measurement

Respirable dust issues related to agriculture

Farm respiratory protection guidance

World Health Organization air quality guidelines

How to handle anthrax threats

A health safety checklist when encountering and removing bird droppings and excrement

Relevant forms, checklists and information sheets that can be adapted to different work sites

Workers who sand drywall joint compound are often exposed to high concentrations of dusts

Nine sections that cover different construction operations

Diacetyl is a chemical used to add flavor and aroma to food and other products

Background information regarding workplace hazards and controls

Unlike gaseous contaminants, the dust is not uniformly distributed within swine buildings

SKC's guide to sampling for silica

Discussion of the type of respirator protection needed for farm dust exposure

Diacetyl (also called 2,3-butanedione) hazards - butter flavoring vapors

Reduce the risk of severe obstructive lung disease (bronchiolitis obliterans) associated with flavorings

A guidance document for recognizing combustible dust hazards under OSHA's hazcom standard

Includes information on Occupational Exposure Limits

NIOSH revised guidelines for preventing histoplasmosis including details about PPE

Results of a study of silica exposures in construction

Confinement housing and its hazards to workers

Discussion of respirator program for agriculture workers

Keep cab doors and window closed and install cab filtration and pressurization systems

For particulates and more

Health Effects and Hazard Control

A discussion of tools to monitor personal exposure to respirable coal mine dust

OSHA tutorial and references on silica

Training presentation on Safety & Health Factors for Working with Silica

Technical resources on wood dust from OSHA

Health effects that may occur because of workplace exposure to some flavorings or their ingredients

ODTS - heavy concentrations of organic dust contaminated with microorganisms

Cites examples of construction operations with poor and good dust controls

Workplace hazards and controls

Fact sheets, alerts, updates and technical information sources on silicosis prevention

Description of the hazard to miners

Silica flour is used industrially as an abrasive cleaner and as an inert filler - hazards discussed

In tuck pointing, the worker grinds the mortar out from between the bricks

Caused by inhalation of fungal spores in the dust in southwestern United States, Mexico and parts of South America

A review and recommendations regarding Batch Kier Washed Cotton

Known to cause or exacerbate asthma, rhinitis and conjuctivitis

Silicosis cannot be cured, but experts say it can be prevented

OSHA health guidelines on wood dust

How to mitigate the exposure created by wood dust from woodworking equipment use

Occupational respiratory disease surveillance data focusing on pneumoconiosis mortality