Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 93-0794-2621: Unimin Specialty Minerals, Inc. - Tamms, Tamms, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Filios, Margaret S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Mine Safety and Health Administration, an estimation was made of the prevalence of silicosis in active and retired miners at Unimin Specialty Minerals, Inc. - Tamms (SIC-1446), in Tamms, Illinois. This facility surface mined and processes microcrystalline quartz (14808607). A group of current and former workers participate in the NIOSH medical survey and of these, 17% had a chest X-ray consistent with silicosis. Four participants, all former workers, had a chest X-ray consistent with progressive massive fibrosis. Two had "A" size large opacities, one had "B" size large opacities, and one had large opacities without a consensus on size. None of the 13 participating current workers employed 10 years or less had a positive chest X-ray. Pulmonary function tests revealed that nine of the 28 participants who performed spirometry had abnormal patterns. Four of the five participants with a positive chest X-ray had abnormal pulmonary function test results, with three exhibiting an obstructive pattern and one a combined restrictive and obstructive pattern. The author recommended that the frequency of medical monitoring examinations be increased.
• Subjects:
  Lung Minerals Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiography Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Chest-X-rays Ground Silica Hazard-Confirmed HETA-93-0794-2621 Industrial Sand Lung-function Mineral Processing Mining-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Pulmonary-function-tests Respiratory-system-disorders Silica Silica Flour Silicosis Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9307942621
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  43 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Cox-Ganser, Jean M. ; Fedan, Kathleen ; Ream, Ken ; Stewart, Terry
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00237587
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-189559
• 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 93-0794-2621, 1997 Jan ; :1-40
• CAS Registry Number:
  Crystalline silica, quartz (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1446 - Industrial sand - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f17d22fe9350bc192c753b38650ef1d850362787d0b52b218d319be4f19347bb789f0e93c7b5b8efb3793c4d7e29bdcdf2aac74388ab09ba24dc587bec98beee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171115/cdc_171115_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 310.49 KB ]