Industrial Hygiene Survey of the Brush-Wellman Plant [1972]

Details

• Journal Article:
  NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio, Environmental Investigations Branch, Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations, 65 pages
• Personal Author:
  Donaldson, Harry M. ; Shuler, Patrick J.
• Description:
  Worker exposures to beryllium (7440417) (Be) were surveyed at the Brush Wellman Company (SIC-3339) in Elmore, Ohio, from June 12 to 16 and August 21 to 25, 1972. A total of 215 personal and area samples were collected. The highest Be values were found at the powdering, compact loading, scrap reclamations, chipping lathe, and attrition mill areas, however, no workers were exposed to Be concentrations in excess of the threshold limit value of 2 micrograms per cubic meter. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Monitoring Health Surveys Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-5; Light-metals; Health-survey; Air-sampling; Worker-health; Industrial-hygiene; Metal-dusts; Metalworking; IWS-37-11
• Source:
  NIOSH 1972; :1-65
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division fo Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  74 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106062
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-100686
• CAS Registry Number:
  Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3339 - Primary nonferrous metals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5e113f45d861eb3bf8ebc24bbbdd8620f133185581ca4f76c4a380eeef658b310f7d4271fec10dbac3302b9b836cfe06517d95eae79121dde24a0bd6cbc69e36
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/119001/cdc_119001_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.99 MB ]