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Evaluation of Exposure to Metals, Flame Retardants, and Nanomaterials at an Electronics Recycling Company
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2018/05/01
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Source: Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 2015-0050-3308, 2018 May
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Description:The Health Hazard Evaluation Program received a request from an electronics recycling company. The employer was concerned about employee exposure to metals and flame retardant chemicals while recycling electronics. We met with employer and employee representatives and toured the workplace to observe operations, work practices, and working conditions. We also collected air, hand wipe, surface wipe, blood, and urine samples for metals and flame retardants. We found some flame retardants typically associated with electronics in the air, on employees' hands, in their blood, and in their urine (metabolites). We found metals in the air and on surfaces outside of the processing area. One employee's exposure to cadmium in the air was above the recommended exposure limit. Three employees had elevated blood lead levels. There is the potential for take-home contamination with cadmium, lead, other metals, and flame retardants. We observed employees dry sweeping and eating and/or drinking in the processing areas. We recommended adding local exhaust ventilation to the small shredder sorter, requiring disassembly and shredding employees wear respirators until cadmium exposures are reduced, including all processing employees in a lead exposure prevention program, providing employees with a lead-removing product to wash their hands, and providing onsite laundering facilities or contracting with a laundering service.
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Pages in Document:80 pdf pages
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Contributor:Booher, Donald E.;Dunn, Kevin H.;Galloway, Ellen;Jayatilaka, Nayana;Jones, Richard;MacKenzie, Barbara;Moore, Kevin;Slone, Jonathan;Toennis, Christine;Watts, Shawna;
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NIOSHTIC Number:nn:20051654
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NTIS Accession Number:PB2018-101261
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Citation:NIOSH [2018]. Evaluation of exposure to metals, flame retardants, and nanomaterials;at an electronics recycling company. By Beaucham CC, Ceballos D, Page EH, Mueller;C, Calafat A, Sjodin A, Ospina M, La Guardia M, Glassford E. Cincinnati, OH: U.S.;Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,;National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Hazard Evaluation Report;2015-0050-3308,;
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