Occupational exposure limit (OEL) for flour dust : requirements and recommended best practices for minimizing employee exposure to flour dust and grain dust in flour mills in Canada pursuant to Part X,...: Em8-51/2018E-PDF

"Exposure monitoring of occupational exposure to inhalable flour dust was carried out by the Labour Program from June to December 2000. A total of 157 personal samples were collected from 14 flour mills in Canada and analyzed for inhalable flour dust. The levels of inhalable flour dust were compared with the present Threshold Limit Value-Time Weighted Average (TLV-TWA)"--Introduction, p. 4.

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Department/Agency Canada. Employment and Social Development Canada. Labour Program.
Title Occupational exposure limit (OEL) for flour dust : requirements and recommended best practices for minimizing employee exposure to flour dust and grain dust in flour mills in Canada pursuant to Part X, Hazardous Substances, Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, Part II, Canada Labour Code / Prepared by Eva A. Karpinski in consultation with Canadian National Millers Association.
Variant title Requirements and recommended best practices for minimizing employee exposure to flour dust and grain dust in flour mills in Canada pursuant to Part X, Hazardous Substances, Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, Part II, Canada Labour Code
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Limite d’exposition en milieu de travail (LEMT) à la poussière de farine : exigences et pratiques exemplaires recommandées pour minimiser l’exposition des employés à la poussière de farine et à la poussière de céréales dans les minoteries du Canada conformément à la partie X - « Substances dangereuses » du Règlement canadien sur la santé et la sécurité au travail, Partie II du Code canadien du travail.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Gatineau, QC] : Employment and Social Development Canada, Labour Program, c2018.
Author / Contributor Karpinski, Eva A.
Description 22 p.
ISBN 978-0-660-26741-8
Catalogue number
  • Em8-51/2018E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number ESDC Cat. No.: LT-310-06-18E
Subject terms Hazardous materials
Occupational safety
Flour dust
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