Dust entry

Aluminum-alloy fabrication dust

Metal dust generated while sanding, sawing, and assembling aluminum alloy in fabrication work.

Airborne form

dustaerosol

The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.

Health effects

respirable metal exposurerespiratory disease concerneye irritationskin contamination

Evidence

A NIOSH evaluation of a security-portal manufacturing facility found that bulk dust samples contained mostly aluminum, chromium, manganese, and nickel; employees were sampled for respirable aluminum and total metals during sanding, sawing, and assembly.

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Bulk dust samples contained mostly aluminum, chromium, manganese, and nickel.

Controls

downdraft table
local exhaust ventilation
enclose sawing
exposure monitoring
appropriate respiratory protection