Reducing Hazardous Dust Exposure When Dowel Drilling in Concrete

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2015-200, August 2015
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Construction workers may be exposed to hazardous dust containing respirable crystalline silica when using dowel drilling machines to drill horizontal holes in concrete pavement. NIOSH found that exposures were reduced using tool-mounted local exhaust ventilation and good work practices.

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NIOSH [2015]. Reducing hazardous dust exposure when dowel drilling in concrete. By Echt A, Whalen J. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-200.

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