Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 99–0047–2746: Edgcomb Metals, Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Harney, Joshua M. ; Tubbs, Randy L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) request from an employer representative of Edgcomb Metals in Cincinnati, Ohio. The request listed noise exposure and confined spaces as issues of concern. Because of consolidation of facilities, a substantial portion of the workforce had been hired just in the last year, and new machinery had been added to the facility since the last noise monitoring had been done. Time-weighted average (TWA) noise exposures during two days of personal noise monitoring showed that exposures were not above the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) permissible exposure limit (PEL). They were, however, over 85 on the A-weighted decibel (dB(A)) scale when calculated using the NIOSH recommended 3 dB exchange rate. Most workers had at least mild hearing loss (hearing threshold level (HTL) of 25 dB sound pressure level (SPL) or more at tested frequencies), as determined from review of the company's audiometric test records.
• Subjects:
  Confined Spaces Ear Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Sense Organs
• Keywords:
  Confined Space Fall-prevention Hazard-Confirmed HCP Hearing-protection Hearing Conservation Program Hearing Protection Devices HPD Metals Service Centers & Offices Noise Occupational-noise-exposure OSHA Region 5 Slitting Steel Workplace-safety

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9900472746
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Blythe, Ellen E. ; Jeong, Jee-Yeon
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000521
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2000-101766
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 99-0047-2746, 1999 Jul ; :1-12
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5051 - Metals service centers and offices - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fa253ef2f28266d982856190f3dc83787b51acfde82b3e55233020cc99ae7042e432d954fbb38636f4e3b4b40c7c5072328f7212f9c02b0d7a9eb55595179af0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171021/cdc_171021_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 222.16 KB ]