Dusty Spalls-sounds like the name of a cowboy in an old “B” western film. These quarry spalls came with enough crushed rock dust to create a fugitive dust cloud when dropped into a “skip” box.
October 27, 2020
October 19, 2020
June 18, 2019
Fugitive Dust Control Compliance at the Port of Seattle
May 7, 2019
Dust Control for Operators
Download: Fugitive Dust Control for Equipment Operators
Download: Guide to Handling Fugitive Dust from Construction Projects.PDF
February 2, 2019
Power Brooms
Why Power Brooms are a Bad Idea – As you can see, these types of sweepers don’t pick up dirt and sediment from asphalt, they just spread it around.
Water spray system attachments help some but then the sweeper mostly turns the dirt to mud and smears it around.
These are useful for picking up gravel and sand.
A vacuum sweeper is the way to go.
December 2, 2018
Hog Fuel Mulch
Construction Erosion Inspection Hog Fuel Mulch Prevents Fugitive Dust – You are hauling dirt on a dry day and the dust is flying.
The water truck driver’s head is about to explode trying to keep up with the dust control.
Save yourself a Labor and Industries claim!
Use ground up vegetation (hog fuel)! Don’t haul it to the landfill.
Download: Guide to Handling Fugitive Dust from Construction Projects.PDF
November 14, 2017
Guide to Fugitive Dust
Download: Guide to Handling Fugitive Dust from Construction Projects.PDF
The classic brochure developed in 1997 by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Washington Education Foundation and the Fugitive Dust Task Force, Seattle, Washington. Updated and edited for the Internet by: www.sheetflow.com, February 2009.
February 18, 2017
Dust Control for Operators
Graders and Scrapers
- Use water truck or sprinklers to moisten soils before grading.
- Minimize areas of clearing and grubbing to a manageable size.
- Minimize time frames between Fugitive Dust-creating activities and final solutions (ex., roadway excavation and paving).
- Avoid activity during high winds.
Front-End Loaders and Backhoes
- Use water truck to keep soils moist.
- Use water sprays when dumping soils into haul trucks.
- Minimize drop height.
- Avoid activity during high winds.
FROM: Guide to Handling Fugitive Dust from Construction Projects, AGC of WA Ed. Foundation. 1997
MODIFIED for the WEB: David S. Jenkins 2/2009
Download: Guide to Handling Fugitive Dust from Construction Projects.PDF
March 1, 2014
Controlling Fugitive Dust at Construction Sites-Air Quality in Idaho
What is Fugitive Dust?
It’s Air Pollution. Dust is particulate matter (PM) consisting of very small particles. Fugitive dust is PM suspended in the air primarily from soil that has been disturbed by wind or human activities, such as earthmoving and vehicular/equipment traffic on unpaved surfaces. Air quality in Idaho is critical to everyone’s health.
MORE:
Brochure
Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality
1410 N. Hilton
Boise, ID 83706
(208) 373-0502
www.deq.idaho.gov
Download: Guide to Handling Fugitive Dust from Construction Projects.PDF
June 1, 2012
Fugitive Dust Control for Truck Drivers
This is a brief handout I developed called “Fugitive Dust Control for Truck Drivers”.
Download: Guide to Handling Fugitive Dust from Construction Projects.PDF