Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-0109-2426: Duracell Battery Company; Cleveland, Tennessee

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• Personal Author:
  Boudreau, Yvonne A. ; Hanley, Kevin W. ; Lenhart, Steven W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a report from an occupational physician of suspected Parkinson like neurological effects resulting from manganese (7439965) (Mn) exposure in the powder areas of the Duracell Battery Company (SIC-3692), Cleveland, Tennessee, exposures to Mn dust and the effectiveness of the respiratory protection program were evaluated. Workers were screened for symptoms related to Mn overexposure. Press operators, mechanics, material handlers and other workers were evaluated for full shift and short-term personal breathing zone dust samples. Fifty-four full shift time weighted average exposure concentrations of total Mn ranged from 0.1 to 5.4mg/m3. The Recommended Exposure Limit for Mn dust was 1.0mg/m3 total Mn. Area sample comparisons of total and respirable manganese revealed the mean respirable particulate manganese fraction to be 21% of the total manganese concentration. Respiratory protection was worn by workers in the powder processing and press room areas. Respirator performance was evaluated. Six of the employees from the powder processing area and press rooms, 8% of the total number, participated in private medical interviews. All denied awareness of symptoms of manganism, and none showed signs of the disease. The authors recommend measures for controlling exposure, including installing additional process enclosures and local exhaust ventilation
  
  ventilation design improvements
  
  increased filtration of recirculated air
  
  elimination of dry sweeping
  
  and medical surveillance of manganese exposed workers.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dust Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Nervous System Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Battery-manufacturing-industry Dry Cell Battery Manufacturing Dust Dust-control Dust-exposure Hazard-Confirmed HETA-91-0109-2426 Industrial-hygiene Manganese Dioxide Manganism Marple Impactors Metal-dusts Nervous-system-disorders Neurological Disorder NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 4 Parkinson-like Symptoms Particle Sizing Program Protection Factor Respirator In-mask Sampling

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9101092426
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  32 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Coffey, Christopher C. ; Fidler, Anne T. ; Kawamoto, Melody M. ; Weber, Angela M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00222297
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-147286
• 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 91-0109-2426, 1994 May ; :1-30
• CAS Registry Number:
  Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3692 - Primary batteries, dry and wet - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:30c2ab658a046024a483d4a28b840b56bca36ca22da0549d8e5779b8cfb0ca0a20196c9d33cebe0bb0338c3b1bfa94f396ddeafade26c332037e37f3750ad38b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171345/cdc_171345_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.39 MB ]