Mineral Dusts

Mineral Dusts: This SOP details the basic safe work practices to follow when performing lab-scale operations with materials capable of generating airborne mineral dusts, such as rock dust or cement powder.  Covered activities include procedures that cut, grind, sieve, pulverize, or are otherwise capable of generating dusts.  The SOP can be downloaded from SciShield here: https://umass.scishield.com/raft/document/6c5484c2-97a5-4936-81d0-9cb9a0...

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