HSE identifies foundry work involving fettlings as producing dusts that can contain silica and, when dry, respirable crystalline silica.
Source: UK HSE: Lung disease: higher-risk jobs and industries ↗Dust entry
Foundry fettling dust
Mineral and silica-containing dust generated while fettling, cleaning, chipping, or finishing castings in foundries.
Airborne form
dust
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
respiratory irritationsilicosis riskoccupational respiratory disease
Evidence
Controls
- local exhaust ventilation
- dust suppression
- enclosed finishing equipment
- exposure monitoring
- appropriate respiratory protection