Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-029-1112: E.M.J.D. Corporation; Englewood, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Airborne dust concentrations were measured at the E.M.J.D. Corporation (SIC-3444) Englewood, Colorado on February 9, 1982. The facility manager requested the survey to evaluate 10 employees who were exposed to total particulate and metal dusts in the electronic sheet metal fabrication area. The entire facility employed 23 people. Breathing zone air samples were collected and medical questionnaires were completed. The 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) exposure to total airborne particulates ranged from 0.15 to 2.27 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/m3). Iron (7439896) particulates ranged from 0.01 to 0.09mg/m3 per 8-hour TWA, while comparable values for aluminum (7429905) were 0.010 to 0.29mg/m3. Manganese (7439965) sample results were below the detection limit. The ACGIH threshold limit value for total iron and aluminum particulates is 10mg/m3. Medical questionnaires failed to identify definite work-related health problems. The authors conclude that a health hazard did not exist at the time of the survey since all dusts and particulates were under threshold limit values.
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Compounds Ferrous Compounds Manganese Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Aluminum Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-82-029-1112 Iron Medical-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 8 Particulates Sheet Metal Work Time-weighted-average-exposure Total Particulate

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA820291112
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127606
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-143122
• 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 82-029-1112, 1982 May ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5)
• Editor(s):
  McDonald, Debra A.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3444 - Sheet metalwork - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:315f25a0ae51c1a0e77e645ff5d8a6d58a214de68fd3062fd1e1a0caed87c0fd406b853f6e5ffa4ab8ad395638daf0f27053093e0fc2e8865adb2d70b6b02297
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173061/cdc_173061_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.36 MB ]