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title: "Softwood dust: exposure limits and sampling — Analyt-MTC"
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Hazard search

# Softwood dust

CAS number

No CAS number

Also known as

Cedar · Fir · Larch · Pine · Redwood · Spruce

## UK workplace exposure limits

| Limit | Value | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8-hour TWA | 5 mg/m³ |  |

### Notations

-   Sen: can cause sensitisation

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS 14/4** / General inhalable or respirable dusts by gravimetric analysis / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs14-4.pdf) | Active (pump) | IOM with GF filter | GR | [225-70A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/haz-dust-7204-particulate-monitor/#part-225-70a) / [225-58F](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/glass-fibre-depth-filters/#part-225-58f) |
| **OSHA PV2121** / Gravimetric Determination - GR / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-pv2121.pdf) | Active (pump) | Filter Cassette |  | [225-802](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gla-5000-pvc-membrane-filters/#part-225-802) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) |

Methods and limits as published by their agencies and summarised by SKC; check the current method and the limit that applies to you before sampling.

Source: [SKC Ltd (UK), Hazard Search, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)](https://www.skcltd.com/hazard-search.html); [SKC Inc. (USA), Sampling Guides, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)](https://international.skcinc.com/sampling-guides/)