Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-234-2014: Sims Radiator Shop; Decatur, 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), Decatur, Georgia. The shop employees seven workers, five of whom are mechanics, involved in the cleaning and repairing of automobile and truck radiators. The 8-hour time weighted average lead (7439921) concentrations for four of the mechanics were 50, 30, 20, and 10 micrograms per cubic meter (microg/m3). One of these was at the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50microg/m3. All seven employees participated in a medical evaluation. The blood lead levels of the mechanics were 64, 46, 30, 28, and 23 micrograms per deciliter (microg/dl) and the blood lead levels of the two delivery personnel were 17 and 18microg/dl. One mechanic had a blood lead level over the 40microg/dl limit requiring that blood tests be performed every 2 months, and one had a level over 50microg/dl requiring his removal from the area where the airborne lead exceeded 30microg/m3. The two mechanics with elevated blood lead levels also had elevated free erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels (155 and 70microg/dl, respectively). None of the shop employees had any physical symptoms suggestive of lead intoxication. The authors conclude that a health hazard existed from overexposure to lead. The authors recommend that the provisions of the OSHA lead standard should be implemented to protect the workers.
• 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-89-234-2014 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/NIOSHHETA892342014
• 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:
  10 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00194453
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-107037
• 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 89-234-2014, 1990 Feb ; :1-14
• 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-512:6fbf7d1e3c15cbb4d0094d662eb07aba798d2d7da691370ed0202f1af9a3cd68e94c5633db04d08dd3ec577f660e2a4f3de39862d439bd693d1ef5079b95b46b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171751/cdc_171751_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 99.46 KB ]