Reviewed Studies Pertaining to 

High-efficiency Particulate Air Filter Shroud Effectiveness

Akbar-Khanzadeh, Farhang and Randall L. Brillhart.  Respirable
Crystalline Silica Dust Exposure During Concrete Finishing (Grinding)
Using Hand-held Grinders in the Construction Industry.  Annals of
Occupational Hygiene 46(3):341-346 (2002).

Akbar-Khanzadeh, Farhang, Sheryl Milz, April Ames, Pamela P. Susi,
Michael Bisesi, Sadik A. Khuder, and Mahboubeh Akbar-Khanzadeh. 
Crystalline Silica Dust and Respirable Particulate Matter During Indoor
Concrete Grinding—Wet Grinding and Ventilated Grinding Compared with
Uncontrolled Conventional Grinding.  Journal of Occupational and
Environmental Hygiene 4:770-779 (2007).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health.  In-depth Survey Report of Control of
Respirable Dust and Crystalline Silica from Grinding Concrete at Messer
Construction, Newport, Kentucky, and Baker Concrete Construction,
Dayton, Ohio.  August 2002.

Chisholm, Jim.  Respirable Dust and Respirable Silica Concentrations
from Construction Activities.  Indoor and Built Environment 8:94 (1999).

Collingwood, Scott Charles.  Research to Practice: Evaluations and
Recommendations for Local Exhaust Ventilation Designed to Reduce
Respirable Crystalline Silica and Dust Exposures Experienced During
Mortar Removal.  Doctoral Dissertation, University of Iowa (2006). 

Croteau, Gerry A., Mary Ellen Flanagan, Janice E. Camp, and Noah S.
Seixas.  The Efficacy of Local Exhaust Ventilation for Controlling Dust
Exposures During Concrete Surface Grinding.  Annals of Occupational
Hygiene 48(6):509-518 (2004).

Croteau, Gerry A., Steven E. Guffey, Mary Ellen Flanagan, and Noah S.
Seixas.  The Effect of Local Exhaust Ventilation Controls on Dust
Exposures During Concrete Cutting and Grinding Activities.  American
Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 63(4):458-467 (2002).

Heitbrink, William A., Thomas C. Cooper, and Marjorie A. Edmonds. 
Evaluation of Ventilated Sanders in the Autobody Repair Industry. 
American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 55(8):756-759 (1994).

Nij, Evelyn Tjoe, Simone Hilhorst, Ton Spee, Judith Spierings, Friso
Steffens, Mieke Lumens, and Dick Heederik.  Dust Control Measures in the
Construction Industry.  Annals of Occupational Hygiene 47(3):211-218
(2003).

Ojima, Jun.  Efficiency of a Tool-mounted Local Exhaust Ventilation
System for Controlling Dust Exposure during Metal Grinding Operations. 
Industrial Health 45(6):817-819 (2007).

Seixas, Noah S., Janice Camp, Mary Ellen Flanagan, and Gerry A. Croteau.
 Evaluation of Dust Control Technologies in Construction Tasks. 
University of Washington Department of Environmental Health (2004).  

Shepherd, S., S.R. Woskie, C. Holcroft, and M. Ellenbecker.  Reducing
Silica and Dust Exposures in Construction During Use of Powered
Concrete-cutting Hand Tools: Efficacy of Local Exhaust Ventilation on
Hammer Drills.  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
6:42-51 (2009). 

Teitsworth, Jan Edward and Maura J. Sheehan.  The Effectiveness of Local
Exhaust-Ventilated (Shrouded) Hand Power Tools Used for Grinding/Sanding
Composite Materials.  American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
59:689-693 (1998).

Thorpe, A., A.S. Ritchie, M.J. Gibson, and R.C. Brown.  Measurements of
the Effectiveness of Dust Control on Cut-off Saws Used in the
Construction Industry.  Annals of Occupational Hygiene 43(7):443-456
(1999).

  

   

