Abrasive Blasting Tools
Safe Work Practices
Using good work practices workers will reduce the risk of exposure to toxic air contaminants and other safety and health hazards associated with abrasive blasting.
This worker is abrasive blasting beams on a building project.
Safe work practices include all of the following:
- use vacuums equipped with High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters or wet methods when removing accumulated dust
- schedule blasting when the least number of people would be exposed
- perform blasting in a specified location that is as far away as possible from other employees
- stop other work and clearing people away while blasting is taking place
- cleaning up paint chips, dust, and used abrasive daily or as soon as possible after blasting has finished
- avoid blasting in windy conditions
- post warning signs to mark the boundaries of work areas contaminated with blasting dust and alerting employees to the hazard and any required PPE
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