User Manual

Appendix A

NIOSH/OSHA Particulate Air Monitoring Reference

Dust/Hazard Agency Reference TWA STEL

alpha-Alumina (Respirable fraction) OSHA CIM 5 mg/m

alpha-Alumina (Total dust) OSHA CIM 15 mg/m

Aluminum, Pyro powders OSHA CIM *

Aluminum (Respirable fraction) 5 mg/m

Ammonium nitrate OSHA CIM *

Ammonium sulfamate (Respirable dust) OSHA CIM 5 mg/m

Ammonium sulfamate (Total dust) OSHA CIM 15 mg/m

Ammonium sulfamate (Total dust) OSHA ID 188 15 mg/m

Bismuth telluride, Se-Doped OSHA ID 121 5 mg/m

Bismuth telluride, Undoped (Respirable dust) OSHA ID 121 5 mg/m

Bismuth telluride, Undoped (Total dust) OSHA CIM 15 mg/m

Boron oxide (Total dust) OSHA ID 125G 15 mg/m

Boron oxide (Total dust) (Particulates, Total) NIOSH 0500 10 mg/m

Carbon black NIOSH 5000 3.5 mg/m

Carbon black OSHA ID 196 3.5 mg/m

Chromium, Metal & Insol cpds OSHA ID 121 1 mg/m

Chromium, Metal & Insol cpds OSHA ID 125 1 mg/m

Chrysene OSHA 58 0.2 mg/m

Coal dust (<than 5% SiO2) OSHA CIM 2.4 mg/m

Coal dust (>than 5% SiO2) OSHA ID 142 10 mg/m

Coal tar pitch volatiles OSHA 58 0.2 mg/m

Copper dust NIOSH 7029 1 mg/m

Copper, Dusts & Mists OSHA ID 125G 1 mg/m

Copper, Dusts & Mists OSHA ID 121 1 mg/m

Copper (Elements) NIOSH 7300 1 mg/m

Copper fume NIOSH 7029 0.1 mg/m

Copper fume OSHA ID 121 0.1 mg/m

Copper fume OSHA ID 125G 0.1 mg/m

Cotton dust (Raw) OSHA CIM 1 mg/m

* Refer to Agency Method

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