Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-90-208-2143: West Virginia University Pottery Shop; Morgantown, West Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Burkhart, Joseph E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the West Virginia University, Office of Environmental Health and Safety, an investigation was made of possible hazardous working conditions at the University Pottery Shop (SIC-3269), Morgantown, West Virginia. The Shop provided classes for university students. The purpose for the evaluation was to consider silica (14808607) exposure during clay mixing operations. There was no local exhaust ventilation provided for the control of dusts generated during either the weighing or mixing of the dry ingredients. Only one of the collected samples showed quantifiable levels of quartz. The sample concentration of respirable quartz was 169.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air. Exposure to respirable dust, however, was considerable for short durations. The author concludes that a potential health hazard existed at the Pottery Shop. The author recommends that, due to the crystalline silica content of the clay and related products used in the pottery shop, and the potential for high dust exposure, a dust control system should be installed in the mixing room.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Ceramics Dust Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Ceramic-materials Ceramics Ceramics-industry Hazard-Confirmed HETA-90-208-2143 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Pottery Pottery, Not Elsewhere Classified Silica Silica-dusts

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA902082143
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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
• Contributor:
  Piacitelli, Chris A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00202700
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-133206
• 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 90-208-2143, 1991 Sep ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3269 - Pottery products, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:814ca3e4b1f9eb67ddbc812f0cd84ba9def70ad4e0d1999f439f3a833190713149e3938158e9d3aa685387976845294405a7cbd27e46fbe7401979d6596482e0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171646/cdc_171646_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 264.71 KB ]