Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-231-2016: Sims Radiator Shop; Conyers, Georgia

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Hales, Thomas R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the owner, an investigation was undertaken of possible hazardous working conditions at the Sims Radiator Shop (SIC-3714), Conyers, Georgia. The shop employed three workers, two of whom were mechanics, involved in the cleaning and repairing of automobile and truck radiators. The 8-hour time weighted average lead (7439921) concentrations for the two mechanics were 80 and 60 micrograms per cubic meter (microg/m3), both above the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50microg/m3. The blood lead levels of the two mechanics were 30 and 37 micrograms per deciliter (microg/dl), both of which were below the 40microg/dl level which requires mandatory testing every 2 months. None of the employees had elevated free erythrocyte protoporphyrin concentrations or any physical symptoms suggestive of lead intoxication. The authors conclude that a potential health hazard existed from overexposures to lead. The authors recommend that activities required by the OSHA lead standard should be carried out to assist in eliminating this hazard. Local exhaust ventilation should be installed at the source of lead fume generation.
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Blood Lead Lead Poisoning Metals, Heavy Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Automobile-repair-shops Blood Lead FEP Free Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals HETA-89-231-2016 Inorganic Lead Lead Lead-poisoning Motor Vehicle Parts And Accessories NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 4 Radiator Shops

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA892312016
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; 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:
  13 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00194454
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-107771
• 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 89-231-2016, 1990 Feb ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  DiGiacomo, Marile F.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3714 - Motor vehicle parts and accessories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c3e5ee2ad89b02ae19e22fd330dc6a7f9ebcf23e1c3eaf80c24e9c6ce348280e71d8869b028a47c5a785b5ffff0a76ecae73dd791d395afa3af8a917537c99c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171750/cdc_171750_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 522.04 KB ]