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Section 1. Safety
Fire Safety
Woodshop Dust Fire Safety Considerations*
Before processing materials, the user must verify whether harmful fumes will be generated and whether
the lter equipment of the exhaust system is suitable for the harmful materials. We emphasize that it is the
responsibility of the user to consider the national and regional threshold values for dust, fogs and gases when
selecting the lters and the exhaust system.
(The values for the maximum workplace concentration must not be exceeded.)
Be mindful of large quantities of fuel in the form of wood and wood products, sawdust, and ammable materials
such as paints, oil nishes, adhesives, solvents, and liquid propane for internal combustion engines.
Preventing the buildup of dust is one of the key means for controlling re and explosion hazards. The principal
engineering control technology for control of dust is exhaust ventilation. The primary work practice control is
good housekeeping.
Dust collection is best accomplished at the source-at the point of operation of the equipment, if feasible. For
many pieces of equipment, well-designed ducts and vacuum hoods can collect most of the dust generated
before it even reaches the operator.
Very ne dust that manages to escape point-of-source collection can be captured from above by general
exhaust points located along the ceiling. These control technologies are effective for most equipment,
excepting machines that commonly produce the very nest dust or large quantities of dust.
*These guidelines come from the U.S. Department of Labor
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