Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-061-1152: Neoplan USA Corporation; Lamar, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Industrial hygiene and medical surveys were conducted, and breathing zone air samples collected at the Neoplan USA Corporation (SIC- 3713), Lamar, Colorado, on March 9 and May 11, 1982, to evaluate the health hazard of zinc-oxide (1314132) fumes. The evaluation was requested by the management on behalf of 17 welding workers. Samples were collected for silver (7440224) and cadmium (7440439) as well as zinc-oxide. The OSHA standards are: 0.1 milligram per cubic meter (mg/m3) for zinc-oxide
  
  0.01mg/m3 for silver
  
  and 5.0mg/m3 for cadmium. An initial measurement for zinc-oxide was 6.4mg/m3
  
  however, on follow-up it was well within evaluation criteria, as were silver and cadmium concentrations. Medic interviews revealed effects from zinc-oxide fumes of upper respiratory tract irritation, cough, headache, nausea, chills, sweating, fever, and a metallic taste in the mouth. The authors conclude that there was a hazard from zinc-oxide fumes which was corrected by the time of the follow-up survey. They recommend discontinued use of zinc primed metal in welding, use of respirators, education on the hazards of zinc-oxide fumes, increased masking of buses before painting, and local exhaust ventilation of the welding plume.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Metals Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Welding
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Hazards-Confirmed Heavy-metal-poisoning HETA-82-61-1152 Manufacturing/Truck And Bus Bodies, Zinc Oxide Fumes, Metal Fume Fever, Cadmium, Silver Soldering Medical-surveys Metal-fume-fever Metal-fumes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 8 Welders

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA82611152
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; 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:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Reno, Stanley J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127810
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-149640
• 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 82-61-1152, 1982 Aug ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Zinc oxide (CAS RN 1314-13-2) ; Silver (CAS RN 7440-22-4) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9)
• Editor(s):
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3713 - Truck and bus bodies - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2c6d776c1216cbf79285ed12e288dd6611fe52d5aa5a385d66f7e3d7ffe5e4e735145063eea96a2370d9acdc9a4cc6b4acf2a2742c9fcb6b7c7087aa90d417f0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173021/cdc_173021_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.83 MB ]