Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 98–0224–2714: The Trane Company, Ft. Smith, Arkansas

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• Personal Author:
  Brown, Sally E. ; Moss, C. Eugene
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In April 1998, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a management-initiated health hazard evaluation request from the Trane Company seeking assistance in documenting optical radiation levels produced during brazing operations at their manufacturing facility in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. The Trane Company manufacturers industrial air conditioning units, and brazing is performed on various metal components during the manufacturing processes. Ultraviolet (UV), visible, and infrared (IR) radiation levels were measured under different operating conditions on July 7-8, 1998. Both management and workers were concerned about the shade filter number necessary to safety perform brazing processes in the facility.
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Infrared Rays Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Occupational Health Radiation Safety Ultraviolet Rays
• Keywords:
  Brazing Construction Machinery And Equipment Evaluation-criteria Exposures Eye Protection Hazard-Confirmed Health-hazards Infrared-radiation Infrared Radiation Manufacturing Occupation-safety-and-health Optical-radiation OSHA Region 6 Ultraviolet-radiation Visible-radiation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9802242714
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Blythe, Ellen E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000032
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-145583
• 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 98-0224-2714, 1998 Oct ; :1-14
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3531 - Construction machinery - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:45e40a8bb483fa88def86a56b46342437bdb398fac66fc3423d2a0f198b0d691022c96578da4bd366fc7a3400cf1e84156c044abce448529fb9477b7c1b02483
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171051/cdc_171051_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 180.48 KB ]