HeyBub wrote:
You can't make this **** up.

"[UK] Carpenters and woodworkers have been told not to use brooms to sweep
up sawdust because they are considered dangerous under 'ridiculous' new
health and safety guidelines. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) claims
that sweeping up wood chippings in dusty workplaces can provoke asthma
attacks and long term exposure lead to nose cancer."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2307275/'Ridiculous'-health-and-safety-rules-tell-carpenters-to-ban-the-broom.html


Since we aren't really sure what causes cancer (and we know that a lot
of cancers are related to long term exposure to irritants) it really
isn't a good idea to be constantly exposed to irritants. The article was
about a commercial operations not someone sweeping up sawdust after they
built a birdhouse.

Also it would be quite unusual to see a commercial shop in the US that
didn't have a vacuum collection system in place.