F-1, Guidelines for Handling Aluminum Fines Generated in Various Aluminum Operations (Third Edition, May 2015), addresses the fire and explosion hazards created by fine aluminum particles. After an introduction explaining how fines are generated, the guidelines set out general criteria for aluminum dust explosions and flash fires and describe a dust hazard assessment approach, then cover housekeeping and cleaning, dust collection and ventilation, control of ignition sources, segregation of incompatible operations, personal protective equipment and employee training. The recommendations reflect state-of-the-art knowledge and are meant to be adapted to the conditions of an individual plant, so they are used by plant engineers, safety managers and EHS specialists when writing procedures for sawing, grinding, polishing, shot blasting and dust collection.