Respiratory symptoms and lung function in relation to wood dust and monoterpene exposure in the wood pellet industry [PDF]
Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017 Introduction: Wood pellets are used as a source of renewable energy for heating purposes. Common exposures are wood dust and monoterpenes, which are known to be hazardous for the airways.
Håkan Löfstedt +4 more
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Effect of Wood Dust Fibre Treatments Reinforcement on the Properties of Recycled Polypropylene Composite (r-WoPPC) Filament for Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) [PDF]
Materials, 2023 M Nuzaimah, Y Yusuf, R A Ilyas
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Assessment of explosion risk for wood dust in a ventilation-dust separation installation, by determining the concentration of total dust in suspension inside of the installation [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2022 Most of combustible dusts present both fire and explosion hazard. Explosion may occur at certain concentrations of dust mixed with air and in the presence of an ignition source.
Kovacs Marius, Toth Lorand, Simion Sorin
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Fine Dust Creation during Hardwood Machine Sanding
Applied Sciences, 2021 Wood dust generated during woodworking—particularly from hardwood species during sanding—poses a health and safety hazard to workers in the wood industry.
Marta Pędzik +7 more
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Sustainable Engineering and Innovation, 2022 Mineral fillers provide a significant role in the Marshall properties of hot mix asphalt for paving applications. The article's goal is to assess the suitability and effectiveness of two minerals (coal dust and wood powder ash) used as fillers in ...
Rocksana Akter +3 more
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An Evaluation of On-Tool System for Sanding Dust Collection: Pilot Study
Management Systems in Production Engineering, 2020 Hazards identification is essential step in framework of occupational health & safety (OH&S) management system. The task of spruce wood sanding with hand-held power belt sander is considered as a significant resource of exposure to wood dust.
Dado Miroslav +3 more
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Generation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) during woodworking operations
Frontiers in Oncology, 2012 Occupational exposures to wood dust have been associated with an elevated risk of sinonasal cancer (SNC). Wood dust is recognized as a human carcinogen but the specific cancer causative agent remains unknown. One possible explanation is a co-exposure to;
Evin Danisman Bruschweiler +7 more
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Assessment of occupational exposure to wood dust in the Polish furniture industry
Medycyna Pracy, 2017 Background: Occupational exposure to wood dust can be responsible for many different harmful health effects, especially in workers employed in the wood industry.
Małgorzata Szewczyńska +1 more
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Journal of Wood Science, 2022 Wood dust produced in medium-density fiberboard (MDF) processing is a major occupational hazard in wood industry and may damage processing equipment. In many wood processing factories, dust collecting systems need to be optimized for the distributional ...
Yunqi Cui +5 more
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International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2021 Objectives The aim of this study is to conduct a quantitative assessment of the risk related to occupational exposure to wood dust and the occurrence of sinonasal epithelial cancer (SNEC) by histotype, depending on the duration of exposure, using ...
Renata Soćko
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