Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 97–0292–2678: General Electric — Bridgeville Glass Plant, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Hall, Ronald M. ; Mattorano, Dino A. ; Page, Elena H. ; Roegner, Kevin C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On August 15, 1997, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for a health hazard evaluation (HHE) from the International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers. This request centered on a union concern that employees at General Electric - Bridgeville Glass Plant (GEBGP), Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, were exposed to hazardous concentrations of mercury (Hg) during glass tubing manufacturing and maintenance activities.
• Subjects:
  Cadmium Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Lead Lead Poisoning Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mercury Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Poisoning Safety

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• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Central Nervous System Cullet Exposure-limits Glass-industry Glass Recycling Hazard-Confirmed Health-effects Health-hazard-evaluation Industrial-hygiene Industrial-plants Inspection Kidneys Lead-poisoning Occupational-diseases Occupational-safety-and-health OSHA Region 3 Pressed And Blown Glass And Glassware Renal System Site-investigation Toxicity Urine Mercury

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9702922678
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  23 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Blythe, Ellen E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000026
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-149262
• 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 97-0292-2678, 1998 Mar ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3229 - Pressed and blown glass, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:32a466f3d1612dae078a5cb1b3e4b65ae589be0644e2cce6d8245d9d5b778c447f4bd8d0044f753c275184ae6bce7bfbe27fcf5af2d750de391a1a732f64fa03
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171057/cdc_171057_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 238.88 KB ]