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Dust/Hazard 
Agency
Reference TWA
STEL
Picloram (Tordon), Respirable dust
OSHA
CIM
5 mg/m
3
Picloram (Tordon), Total dust
OSHA
CIM
15 mg/m
3
Plaster of Paris (see Dust, Respirable 
nuisance) 
OSHA CIM
Portland cement (Respirable dust)
OSHA
ID 142
5 mg/m
3
Portland cement (Total dust)
OSHA
ID 142
15 mg/m
3
Respirable nuisance
OSHA
CIM
5.0 mg/m
3
Respirable nuisance (Particulates)
NIOSH
0600
*
Total nuisance
OSHA
CIM
15 mg/m
3
Total nuisance (Particulates)
NIOSH
0500
10 mg/m
3
Rouge (Respirable dust)
OSHA
CIM
5 mg/m
3
Rouge (Total dust)
OSHA
CIM
15 mg/m
3
Silica, Amorphous
OSHA
CIM
20 mppcf
Silica, Crystalline tripoli, Respirable dust
OSHA
ID 142
0.05 mg/m
3
Silicon carbide (Respirable dust)
OSHA
CIM
5 mg/m
3
Silicon carbide (Total dust)
OSHA
CIM
15 mg/m
3
Silicon (Respirable dust)
OSHA
CIM
5 mg/m
3
Silicon (Total dust)
OSHA
CIM
15 mg/m
3
Soapstone (Respirable dust)
OSHA
CIM
20 mppcf
Soapstone (Total dust)
OSHA
CIM
6 mg/m
3
Wood dust (except Western red cedar)
OSHA
CIM
*
Wood dust (Western red cedar)
OSHA
CIM
2.5 mg/m
3
Zinc bromide (see Dust, Total and Nuisance)
*
Zinc oxide dust (see Dust, Total & 
Respirable) 
OSHA CIM
Zinc oxide fume
OSHA
ID 121
5 mg/m
3
Zinc oxide fume
OSHA
ID 125
5 mg/m
3
Zinc oxide fume
OSHA
ID 143
5 mg/m
3
Zinc stearate (Respirable dust)
OSHA
CIM
5 mg/m
3
Zinc stearate (Total dust)
OSHA
ID 121
15 mg/m
3
Zinc stearate (Total dust)
OSHA
ID 125
15 mg/m
3
Zirconium cpds (as Zr)
OSHA
ID 121
5 mg/m
3
 
 
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