Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 95-0167-2539: The Western States Machine Company, Hamilton, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Tubbs, Randy L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the employees and Local 176 of the United Auto Workers, an investigation was begun into noise exposures in the main building at the Western States Machine Company (SIC- 3559), Hamilton, Ohio. The company employed 68 production workers and manufactured industrial centrifugal equipment. Workers were concerned about the noise associated with an air compressor. A full shift noise survey was conducted using noise dosimeters. Noise measurements were also taken with a real time analyzer to determine the spectral content of specific activities. Over the 2 days of the visit, there were 26 full shift samples taken. Of these, 73% exceeded the NIOSH recommended exposure limit of 85 decibels-A for 8 hours. The OSHA action level was exceeded by 35%. The old air compressor was replaced with one which had lower levels of high frequency noise. Analysis of the noise suggested that the new compressor itself was not a significant contributor to the excessive noise levels at the site. The author concludes that a health hazard from noise exposure existed at the facility. The author recommended that a hearing conservation program be instituted.
• Subjects:
  Ear Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs
• Keywords:
  Hazard-Confirmed Hearing Conservation HETA-95-0167-2539 Industrial-noise Industrial Centrifugal Equipment Manufacture NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise-exposure Noise Dosimetry Noise Exposure Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Special Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9501672539
• 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:
  13 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00230304
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB96-192018
• 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 95-0167-2539, 1995 Nov ; :1-21
• Editor(s):
  Marlow, Kate L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3559 - Special industry machinery, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2c987e0822d6e1e7409a25d91d2a6a495ee0e73d0041af9a029a3e0d65be7c5f355dd2032022968fae58fc880fd093ef2d878274b2e5451dfe4bfd6da58396d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171235/cdc_171235_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 192.12 KB ]