Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE-79-84-1072: Gould Incorporated: Caldwell, Ohio

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Determination report no. HHE-79-84-1072: Gould Incorporated: Caldwell, Ohio
• Personal Author:
  Baker, Edward L. ; Gorman, Richard W. ; Melius, James M. ; Schwartz, Eugene
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The relationship between four cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) and occupational exposure at Gould Incorporated (SIC-3325 and SIC-3568), Caldwell, Ohio was investigated. At the request of an employee representative, environmental and medical surveys were conducted in May, October, and November of 1979. Four hundred workers were engaged in manufacturing bushings and bearings at the site. Airborne lead (7439921) concentrations in the production or clevite area measured in 25 personal breathing zones ranged from 3 to 217 micrograms per cubic meter with three samples exceeding the OSHA lead standard of 50 micrograms per cubic meter. Three area air samples for lead ranged from 64 to 1217 micrograms per cubic meter. Eighty three percent of clevite area workers had blood lead concentrations greater than 40 micrograms per deciliter compared to 11 of 179 workers engaged in other operations. Review of the records of the four employees with MS did not indicate any association with exposure at the facility. The authors conclude that there is no evidence that exposures at the site have resulted in MS. Clevite workers are experiencing increased absorption of lead. The authors recommend the implementation of respiratory protection and medical surveillance programs to reduce lead exposure.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Lead Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Bearings Breathing-zone Bushings Employee-exposure Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-79-84-1072 Medical-examinations Multiple Sclerosis NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Oil Mist OSHA Region 5

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE79841072
• 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:
  21 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Fine, Larry ; Williams, Beverly
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127760
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-199471
• 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, HHE 79-84-1072, 1982 Mar ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Brown, Odessa
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3325 - Steel foundries, not elsewhere classified - (SIC) ; 3568 - Power transmission equipment, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee43c2d6b23015a3ec433cadac29035ae2181680c7c4bbb9f2aff23130b18ad96a4e2ddf21355b56ca81128acb73394fe1501720f9e33873da6ccbebf0a9cd53
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173049/cdc_173049_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.40 MB ]