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Document ID (ISN)102656
CIS number 03-1838
Year 2003
Convention or series no. HSE Woodworking Information Sheet No.26
Author(s)
Health and Safety Executive
Title LEV: Dust capture at fixed drum and disc sanding machines
Bibliographic information HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, Sep. 2003. 2p. Illus. 5 ref.
Internet access http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wis26.htm [in English]
Abstract This information sheet provides guidance for the design of local exhaust ventilation (LEV) fitted to fixed drum and disc sanding machines, and is aimed at machine designers and users, as well as at designers, installers and users of LEV systems. Contents: appropriate LEVs for drum sanders and disc sanders.
Descriptors (primary) local exhaust; woodworking industry; sanding machines (wood); United Kingdom
Descriptors (secondary) wood dust; premises; data sheet; design of equipment; limitation of exposure
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Woodworking industry
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Lumber and the woodworking industry
Ventilation
Woodworking industry