FACTS
- Workers exposed to diesel exhaust face the risk of health effects ranging from irritation of the eyes and nose, headaches and nausea, to respiratory disease and lung cancer.
- There is no national occupational standard for exposure to diesel emissions
- Diesel exhaust is the second most common cause of cancer after UV exposure
- Underground production workers, including diesel loader operators and shotcreters, face the highest risk.
- Three effective controls to eliminate or reduce exposure to diesel exhaust are the use of: engine exhaust filters, local tailpipe exhaust ventilation, dilution ventilation.
- Substituting diesel fuel with a safer fuel, for example, dimethyl […]
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