1.1 This practice sets forth guidelines to control respiratory hazards in the metal removal environment.
1.2 This practice does not include prevention of dermatitis, which is the subject of Practice E2693, but it does adopt a similar systems management approach with many control elements in common.
1.3 This practice focuses on employee exposure via inhalation of metal removal fluids and associated airborne agents.
1.4 Metal removal fluids used for wet machining operations (such as cutting, drilling, milling, or grinding) that remove metal to produce the finished part are a subset of metalworking fluids. This practice does not apply to other operations (such as stamping, rolling, forging, or casting) that use metalworking fluids other than metal removal fluids. These other types of metalworking fluid operations are not included in this document because of limited information on health effects, including epidemiology studies, and on control technologies. Nonetheless, some of the exposure control approaches and guidance contained in this document may be useful for managing respiratory hazards associated with other types of metalworking fluids.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
ASTM E2889-12(2017) Referenced Document
ASTM D1356 Standard Terminology Relating to Sampling and Analysis of Atmospheres*, 2024-04-20 Update
ASTM D2881 Classification of Metal Working Fluids and Related Materials
ASTM D7049 Standard Test Method for Metalworking Fluid Aerosol in Workplace Atmospheres*, 2024-03-01 Update
ASTM E1302 Standard Guide for Acute Animal Toxicity Testing of Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids*, 2023-04-01 Update
ASTM E1370 Standard Guide for Air Sampling Strategies for Worker and Workplace Protection
ASTM E1497 Standard Practice for Selection and Safe Use of Water-Miscible and Straight Oil Metal Removal Fluids*, 2023-04-01 Update
ASTM E1542 Standard Terminology Relating to Occupational Health and Safety
ASTM E1972 Standard Practice for Minimizing Effects of Aerosols in the Wet Metal Removal Environment
ASTM E2144 Standard Practice for Personal Sampling and Analysis of Endotoxin in Metalworking Fluid Aerosols in Workplace Atmospheres*, 2021-11-01 Update
ASTM E2148 Standard Guide for Using Documents Related to Metalworking or Metal Removal Fluid Health and Safety*, 2021-11-01 Update
ASTM E2169 Standard Practice for Selecting Antimicrobial Pesticides for Use in Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids*, 2022-10-01 Update
ASTM E2275 Standard Practice for Evaluating Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluid Bioresistance and Antimicrobial Pesticide Performance*, 2019-11-01 Update
ASTM E2523 Standard Terminology for Metalworking Fluids and Operations*, 2023-11-01 Update
ASTM E2563 Standard Practice for Enumeration of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria in Aqueous Metalworking Fluids by Plate Count Method*, 2023-10-01 Update
ASTM E2564 Standard Practice for Enumeration of Mycobacteria in Metalworking Fluids by Direct Microscopic Counting (DMC) Method*, 2023-10-01 Update
ASTM E2657 Standard Practice for Determination of Endotoxin Concentrations in Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids*, 2021-11-01 Update
ASTM E2693 Standard Practice for Prevention of Dermatitis in the Wet Metal Removal Fluid Environment*, 2019-10-01 Update
ASTM E2694 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Adenosine Triphosphate in Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids*, 2021-11-01 Update
ASTM E2889-12(2017) history
2023ASTM E2889-23 Standard Practice for Control of Respiratory Hazards in the Metal Removal Fluid Environment
2017ASTM E2889-12(2017) Standard Practice for Control of Respiratory Hazards in the Metal Removal Fluid Environment
2012ASTM E2889-12 Standard Practice for Control of Respiratory Hazards in the Metal Removal Fluid Environment