Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-426-1062: Xomox Corporation; Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A request from the safety coordinator of the Xomox Corporation (SIC- 3494) Cincinnati, Ohio to determine lead (7439921) exposure in the paint spray booth at the facility was received. The study was conducted on October 14, 1981. The two paint spray operators were exposed to airborne lead in concentrations ranging from 10 to 80 micrograms per cubic meter (microg/m3) compared to an OSHA standard of 50microg/m3. These employees had blood lead concentrations below 30 micrograms per 100 milliliters (microg/100ml) of blood compared to a normal upper limit of 40microg/100ml. Analysis of personal air samples for hexavalent chromium (7440473) ranged from less than detectable to 0.38microg/m3 compared to an OSHA standard of 100microg/m3. The operators wore NIOSH approved high efficiency air purifying respirators for airborne lead while performing their duties. Neither paint spray operator reported health problems. The author concludes that one operator was exposed to airborne concentrations of inorganic lead above recommended standards. However, blood lead values were within current guidelines for both workers.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Lead Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Paint Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Hazards-Unconfirmed Heavy-metals HETA-81-426-1062 Hexavalent Chromium Industrial-hygiene Inorganic Lead NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Paint Spray Spray-painting Valves Valves And Pipe Fittings Worker-health

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA814261062
• 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:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00129617
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-202168
• 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 81-426-1062, 1982 Mar ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3)
• Editor(s):
  Woodruff, Jackie
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3494 - Valves and pipe fittings, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aa85bbe66d9b4421469b7c9f93de7eeea8ea4a32ed3886c8eda310cbd34b67f7b094e3bc4cc28e81689b2cd75c891b8cca2d645a200f29b7c1134c56f295647c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172993/cdc_172993_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.28 MB ]