dust wipe

English translation: wiping dust

17:45 Dec 20, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology
English term or phrase: dust wipe
I am translating an HSE presentation for shipyard workers:

‘’Health/Safety risks:
• Working at height (risk of falling)
• Working in confined spaces (suffocation, explosion)
• Fire hazardous work (welding, flame cutting, grinding)
• …….
Environmental risks:
• Leakage or spillage of products (oil, hazardous substances)
• Excessive consumption of raw materials and consumables
• …..
• Dust distribution (welding fume, dust wipe, paint- and blast dust)’’.

What kind of risk is ‘’dust wipe’’?

Thank you.
Grzegorz Mysiński
Poland
Local time: 06:18
Selected answer:wiping dust
Explanation:
This is slightly odd, because dust wipes are taken as samples for analysis of polluants, e.g. lead in the dust in an environment. It could be referring to that sampling method, but rather odd in your context, so perhaps it is simply dust being diffused into the air as a result of wiping surfaces. If the latter were the risk, then one would want to avoid dry wiping surfaces; so could it be that there is a particularly nasty polluant in this environment that gives rise to a risk when taking dust samples?
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:18
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4lead dust
NancyLynn
4wiping dust
B D Finch
3toxic substances that may become known by a dust wipe
Stephanie Ezrol


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lead dust


Explanation:
This appears to refer to lead dust, see references below.

By the way, this text does not seem to have been written by a native English speaker.

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Lead in Dust Wipes
www.ornl.gov/sci/casd/etv/lead-verification.htmCached - Similar
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The verification tests consists of vendors of commercially available portable technologies, capable of measuring lead on dust wipe samples, operating their ...
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TLC Trial Form DUSTWIPE.03 Dust Wipe Collection
www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/.../dust_wipe_colle...
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TLC Trial. Form DUSTWIPE.03. Dust Wipe Collection. Send to: TLC Data Coordinating Center. Include no identifying information. Page 1 of 3. TLC dustwipe.wpd ...
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Dust Wiping May Get More Complex - Lead-Safe Practices, Codes ...
www.remodeling.hw.net/.../dust-wiping-may-get-more-complex....
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10 Sep 2010 – The EPA proposes a new level of licensing and testing with its lead dust-wiping procedures.

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 01:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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wiping dust


Explanation:
This is slightly odd, because dust wipes are taken as samples for analysis of polluants, e.g. lead in the dust in an environment. It could be referring to that sampling method, but rather odd in your context, so perhaps it is simply dust being diffused into the air as a result of wiping surfaces. If the latter were the risk, then one would want to avoid dry wiping surfaces; so could it be that there is a particularly nasty polluant in this environment that gives rise to a risk when taking dust samples?

B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  NancyLynn: Yes, this possibility crossed my mind as well.
30 mins
  -> Thanks Nancy
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toxic substances that may become known by a dust wipe


Explanation:
Since a "dust wipe" is method of gathering a sample of possible toxic materials in the air, materials like lead and pesticides -- I think that it is quite possible that this is a short hand way of saying problematic/toxic substance that we may be able to identify by dust wipe sampling.

I don't think that the dust wipe itself is the risk.



Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 01:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: That is basically the same as what I wrote in my explanation. However, it is in the middle of a list of risks, which does confuse things unless it somehow is intended to mean a specific risk..
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