TOPIC OF CONCERN - Ventilation
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About Ventilation
Industrial ventilation is a method of controlling worker exposure to airborne toxic chemicals or flammable vapors by exhausting contaminated air away from the work area and replacing it with clean air. It is one alternative to control employee exposure to air contaminants in the workplace. Other alternatives include process changes, work practice changes, substitution with less toxic chemicals, or elimination of the use of toxic chemicals. Industrial ventilation is typically used to remove welding fumes, solvent vapors, oil mists or dusts from a work location and exhaust these contaminants outdoors.
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Services
Workplace Resources
- Ventilation brochure (482K PDF)
- The Effect of Local Exhaust Ventilation Controls on Dust Exposures During Masonry Activities (892K Word document)
- Hard Metal Tool Ventilation Intervention Pilot Project
- Masonry Saw Ventilation Evaluation for Jobsite Concrete Cutting
Research Publications
Croteau G, Flanagan ME, Camp J, Seixas N. Efficacy of local exhaust ventilation for controlling dust exposures during concrete surface grinding. Ann of Occup Hyg
Gerry Croteau, MS thesis, 2000 The effect of local exhaust ventilation control on dust exposures during masonry activities (Noah Seixas)
For more information
Field Research and Consultation GroupDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Washington Box 354695
Seattle, Washington USA 98105
Phone 206-543-9711 Fax -206-616-6240
E-mail bvanryn@u.washington.edu
web http://depts.washington.edu/frcg/
