Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-106-1366: Honda Motor Company of America; Marysville, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Liss, Gary M. ; Reed, Laurence D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposures to carbon-monoxide (630080) (CO) and particulates from welding operations and diesel emissions were surveyed in February 1982 at Honda Motor Company of America (SIC-1541), Marysville, Ohio. Evaluation was requested by an unspecified source on behalf of 250 workers. Samples were collected for CO, welding fumes, total particulates, and particulates of iron (7439896), lead (7439921), nickel (7440020), zinc (7440666), beryllium (7440417), and copper (7440508). Medical questionnaires and blood carboxyhemoglobin tests were given to 65 workers. Total particulate and metal particulate concentrations were all below acceptable limits. Three personal air samples for welding fumes exceeded the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists' Threshold Limit Value of 5 milligrams per cubic meter
  
  no OSHA standard exists. CO concentrations ranged from 0 to 33 parts per million (ppm) for personal samples and 5 to 42ppm for area samples, all below the OSHA 50ppm limit. Twenty-four workers had symptoms consistent with CO poisoning. Mean carboxyhemoglobin concentrations increased significantly over the work shift, and the increases were correlated with measured personal CO exposures. The authors conclude that no over exposures to CO or welding fumes exist
  
  however, some workers have experienced symptoms compatible with CO intoxication. Improved ventilation and approved respirators are recommended.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Blood Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Metal Workers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Blood Carboxyhemoglobin Carbon Monoxide Environmental-exposure General Contractors, Industrial Buildings And Warehouses Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-hazards HETA-82-106-1366 Industrial-exposures Metalworking-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Safety-research 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/NIOSHHETA821061366
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  23 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00130642
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-158111
• 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 82-106-1366, 1983 Sep ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6) ; Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8)
• Editor(s):
  Lovell, Patricia
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1541 - Industrial buildings and warehouses - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f9fdc94ea235dafe15f40f27539fb8a342995a4d8710301adff36eb46c206672fceb4526f7a74d2539feed420c12fb8a509e36a67976e521147376ea5ddd48f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172941/cdc_172941_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.23 MB ]