Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-077-2160: Pilot Industrial Batteries; Kankakee, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Clark, Nancy J. ; Montopoli, Michael
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Illinois Department of Public Health, an evaluation was made of possible hazardous working conditions at Pilot Industrial Batteries (SIC-3691), Kankakee, Illinois. The company employed 41 workers, manufacturing custom lead/acid batteries. Personal breathing zone air samples were collected and analyzed for lead (7439921), arsenic (7440382), and 29 other metals. General air samples for lead analysis were collected in the lunchroom and in the changing room adjacent to the pasting area. Personal breathing zone air concentrations of lead ranged from below 10 to 846 micrograms/cubic meter. One personal breathing zone sample had a time weighted average arsenic concentration of 3.8 micrograms/cubic meter. Blood lead levels ranged from 12 to 66 micrograms/deciliter. The authors conclude that employees were at risk for lead exposure at levels that constitute a health hazard. Half mask respirators did not provide adequate protection in some areas of the facility. The authors recommend measures to reduce exposures, including better use of existing local engineering controls, improved respiratory protection practices, and the establishment of a formal biological monitoring program.
• Subjects:
  Acids Blood Dust Lead Lead Poisoning Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Poisoning Safety

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• Keywords:
  Acid-mists Arsenic Battery-manufacturing-industry Battery Manufacturing Blood Lead Hazard-Confirmed HETA-91-077-2160 Lead Lead-compounds Lead-poisoning Metal-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Storage-batteries Storage Batteries Zinc Protoporphyrin

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA910772160
• 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:
  15 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Rubin, Carol A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00205502
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-176841
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 91-077-2160, 1991 Nov ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2)
• Editor(s):
  Lykins, Tammy K.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3691 - Storage batteries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6cb7fce2be29d5d31fa55bc74fe002c927b2ab25a9858788f0b597a512d94b83da2657c79804b86285cd3678c810cd99457a60ac33e23615fd4ab3dd3e76e2d7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171607/cdc_171607_DS1.pdf
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