Wood dust is considered hazardous substance. Measures must therefore be taken to protect employees from this exposure. The new version of the Technical Rule for Hazardous Substances (TRGS) 553 has created more comprehensive regulations to protect health when handling wood dust at the workplace.
Wood dust
Measuring wood dust – minimizing health risks
Wood dust measurement for risk assessment at the workplace
Wood dust is classified as E-dust and poses a great risk of the particles settling in the lungs or affecting other parts of the body. For wood dust measurement and particle measurement of the dust fraction of E-dust, we recommend our measuring device SG10-2A for stationary measurement or the SG5100ex and SG5200 devices for personal measurement.
With regard to a wood dust explosion, we recommend our SG5100ex measuring device, as it has been specially developed for potentially explosive atmospheres.