Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-93-700-2335: Silver Mountain Enterprises; Montrose, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  McCammon, Charles S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Safety Coordinator of Silver Mountain Enterprises (SIC-2499), an investigation was begun into possible wood dust and noise exposures at their manufacturing facility in Montrose, Colorado. Handicapped individuals were employed at the woodshop manufacturing wood surveyor's stakes. Short term wood dust exposures ranged from 0.2 to 4.1mg/m3. The calculated time weighted average exposures were all below the OSHA and NIOSH exposure limits. The highest exposures from normal operations were seen from workers on the two table saws. The highest consistent task samples were found during clean-up operations. Workers used brooms to dry sweep the floors and brush off machine surfaces. Personal noise dosimetry equipment indicated that average exposures over several time periods ranged from 79.8 to 93 decibels-A. The table saw operators had the highest general exposures, with equivalent exposures in the 85 to 93 decibel-A range. A partial hearing conservation program was in effect. The author concludes that a potential health hazard existed from overexposure to noise. The author recommends that a complete hearing conservation program be established.
• Subjects:
  Dust Ear Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Sense Organs Wood
• Keywords:
  Dust-inhalation Handicapped-workers Hazard-Confirmed HETA-93-700-2335 Industrial-noise NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise Noise-exposure OSHA Region 8 Personal-protective-equipment Wood-dusts Wood Dust Wood Products, Not Elsewhere Classified Woodworking-industry

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA937002335
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00215681
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-110400
• 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 93-700-2335, 1993 Jul ; :1-13
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2499 - Wood products, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9474d8edb4bf5053a880561e2d5526cc4bb17142b49b58baa8e86a5ccd5d5963eff3a0437593f140191b9f027499f0f04ac4f16757b417dcb737acff740c7175
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171479/cdc_171479_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 247.27 KB ]