NIOSH identifies mineral, silica, and other dusts as hazards in foundry pattern, molding, and sandhandling areas and provides exposure-reduction guidance.
Source: CDC/NIOSH: Foundry pattern, core, molding, and sandhandling hazards ↗Dust entry
Foundry sand dust
Mineral and silica-containing dust generated during foundry molding, sand handling, shakeout, and casting operations.
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
- sand-system enclosure
- local exhaust ventilation
- wet cleanup
- dust suppression
- exposure monitoring
- appropriate respiratory protection