Health Hazard Evaluation Report: MHETA-89-062-2004: Dowty Corporation's Welding Shop; Warrendale, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Kullman, Greg J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the United Metal Workers of America, an investigation was made of possible health hazards existing at the Dowty Corporation's welding shop (SIC-1211), Warrendale, Pennsylvania. About 100 workers on two shifts were involved in building and repairing longwall coal mining equipment. Operations included arc gouging, cutting, shielded metal arc welding, and tungsten inert gas welding. Two paint spray booths were situated adjacent to the welding operations. Worker exposures to 11 metals and elements were well below the allowable standards. Exposures to gases commonly generated by welding operations were likewise below limits. While there were no areas where exposures were greater than the allowable limits, the ventilation system was in places less than optimal and did allow a greater exposure to fumes than would have occurred had it been working up to level. One worker's exposure level for arsenic (7440382) exceeded the NIOSH 0.002mg/m3 ceiling exposure limit. In one area, exposure to perchloroethylene (127184) did exceed the lowest feasible limit for a potential carcinogen. The author concludes that worker exposures to welding fumes and organic solvents did not exceed permissible exposure limits. The author recommends measures to reduce worker exposure to solvents and welding fumes.
• Subjects:
  Acids Metal Workers Occupational Health Paint Safety Solvents Welding
• Keywords:
  Acid-mists Arsenic Hazard-Unconfirmed Metal-workers MHETA-89-062-2004 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-solvents OSHA Region 3 Paint-spraying Paint Spraying Solvents Welders Welding Fumes

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHMHETA890622004
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  30 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Vandestouwe, Kurt H.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00194409
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-108753
• Citation:
  Morgantown, West Virginia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, MHETA 89-062-2004, 1989 Oct ; :1-28
• CAS Registry Number:
  Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1211 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:582389a812848fb29140cf9c0bfb7b57ff30f4e9892e53ef8379a4f150f763fdaebd5dcc31f1f9077942d3a7b556d8e40c9f514839706eccb7b18fdf61055922
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171779/cdc_171779_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.01 MB ]