Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-0142-2434: Dee Zee Manufacturing; Des Moines, Iowa

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• Personal Author:
  Burkhart, Joseph E. ; Knutti, Elizabeth B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from employees at Dee Zee Manufacturing (SIC-3429), Des Moines, Iowa, concerning exposures to hazardous materials in and around the buffing shack area, an environmental and medical survey was conducted. The company manufactured after-market truck accessories such as running boards, brush guards, and roll bars. Overexposures were found to total dust, welding fumes, aluminum (7429905), chromium (7440473), carbon-monoxide (630080), nitrogen-dioxide (10102440), and sulfur-dioxide (7446095) for buffing and welding employees. All employees were overexposed to carbon-monoxide. Buffers and welders reported similar prevalences of shortness of breath, chest tightness and wheezing, but the buffers had higher prevalences of skin rashes, nosebleeds, ear pain, eye irritation and sneezing. Foreign objects in the eyes occurred more frequently among the welders. Eight of the current employees had pulmonary function results below normal limits. All eight exhibited obstructive respiratory disease patterns. Two of the eight were buffers
  
  six were welders. All were either former or current smokers. The authors conclude that a health hazard existed from exposure to dust, welding fume, aluminum, chromium, carbon- monoxide, nitrogen-dioxide, and sulfur-dioxide. The authors recommend that medical surveillance and exposure reduction measures be taken.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Metal Workers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Welding
• Keywords:
  Aluminum Buffing Carbon Monoxide Elemental Metals Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Transportation Equipment Hazard-Confirmed HETA-91-0142-2434 Metalworking-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitrogen Dioxide Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 7 Peak Flow Respiratory-system-disorders Spirometry Toxic-gases Welding Welding-industry

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9101422434
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  41 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Berardinelli, Stephen P. ; Buchta, Teresa ; Kinsley, Kathleen B. ; Piacitelli, Chris A. ; Ugolini, Corrado
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00222305
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-146676
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: 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 91-0142-2434, 1994 Jun ; :1-41
• CAS Registry Number:
  Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3429 - Hardware, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f69dfe68dc8e58b7c378494ff0ed1620aac3c00d9383eb2ba9f98da46488b2dcb663b65a039b90e7c8f4e5f0c3cad2b457944eeadc21e5e31055e196a6bc26c8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171337/cdc_171337_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 331.50 KB ]