Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-86-087-1686: TAC Radiator; Minot, North Dakota

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On request from the owner of the TAC Radiator (SIC-3714) Company in Minot, North Dakota, lead (7439921) exposures were evaluated in the radiator cleaning and repair shop. The environmental evaluation consisted of measuring breathing zone and general room air concentrations of lead, copper (7440508), and antimony (7440360). Copper and antimony were present in trace quantities and did not pose a health hazard. Four of the eight lead samples exceeded the NIOSH recommended exposure limit of 0.05 micrograms/cubic meter (mg/m3). The average of all eight samples was 0.12 mg/m3. Lead exposure levels ranged from 0.02 to 0.38 mg/m3. Medical monitoring and evaluation consisted of blood lead and free erythrocyte protoporphryin (FEP) determinations in all four radiator shop workers and the weekend janitor. Of the five workers tested, two were within the normal unexposed range. The other three had elevated FEP's and two had blood lead levels over 40 micrograms/deciliter (microg/dl). The author concludes that a health hazard existed from overexposure to lead during the cleaning and repair of radiators. The author recommends measures to reduce exposure to lead, including: installation of local exhaust ventilation
  
  frequent blood lead analysis for all workers
  
  and removal of workers with a blood lead concentration of 50 microg/dl or more from further lead exposure until the blood lead concentration is below 40 microg/dl.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Blood Dust Hematologic Tests Lead Lead Poisoning Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Blood-tests Blood Lead Hazard-Confirmed HETA-86-087-1686 Inorganic Lead Lead-dust Lead-fumes Lead-poisoning Motor-vehicle-parts Motor Vehicle Parts And Assessories NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 8

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA860871686
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  North Dakota ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  Huber, Lee ; Schwartz, Patricia ; Brewer, Marile
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00163317
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-236130
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 86-087-1686, 1986 Apr ; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Antimony (CAS RN 7440-36-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• 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-512:90c27355f5886e9c18eaf0030789fd2bfeebd64c8cb6c7b82e2eb75760b97bf1a87082db00127d8fe4623808422ae6a21b3e72ddb9ba5dacaf060dc8df5578c7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172203/cdc_172203_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 418.45 KB ]