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Industrial-cleaning resuspended dust

Dust resuspended during industrial cleaning of contaminated manufacturing, construction, waste, and recycling work areas.

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

occupational respiratory disease riskhigh short-term dust exposurerespiratory exposure concern

Evidence

A UK HSE research report states that dust hazardous to health can heavily contaminate workplaces in woodworking, stone working, waste, and recycling, and that failure to control dust at its source creates a need for regular cleaning that can cause very significant worker exposure. The report concludes that wider adoption of good cleaning practice can significantly reduce dust exposures in several industries.

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It is common in a number of industries such as woodworking, stone working, and waste and recycling, for the workplace to become heavily contaminated with dusty material emitted from the process. ... Failure to do so results in the need for regular cleaning which can cause very significant worker exposure.

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