Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-270-1238: Drive Train Industries, Inc.; Denver, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Pryor, Paul D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214), sodium-hydroxide (1310732), total welding fumes, and metal particulates were surveyed on August 12 and 24, 1982 at Drive Train Industries, Incorporated (SIC-3714), Denver, Colorado. The evaluation was requested by an employee representative on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Personal and area air samples were analyzed, and noise levels were measured. One area air sample for nickel (7440020) exceeded the NIOSH standard of 0.015 milligrams per cubic meter. All other chemical and fiber exposures were within acceptable limits. Noise levels exceeded the NIOSH limit of 85 decibels relative to the A- weighted scale. The author concludes that a noise exposure hazard exists at this facility. He recommends improved noise engineering controls and implementation of a hearing protection and audiometric testing program.
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Ear Environmental Monitoring Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Inorganic Chemicals Noise Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Sodium Hydroxide
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Asbestos Brake Drums Clutches Control-technology Copper Driveline Components Drivelines Hazards-Confirmed HETA-82-270-1238 Hot Dipping Industrial-hygiene Manganese Motor Vehicles And Motor Vehicle Equipment Nickel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-measurement OSHA Region 5 Sodium Hydroxide Time-weighted-average-exposure Total Chromium Total Welding Fumes Transmissions Welding

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA822701238
• 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:
  21 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127603
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172741
• 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 82-270-1238, 1982 Dec ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0)
• Editor(s):
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3714 - Motor vehicle parts and accessories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b0a502f5fe1428b641d140fd07a5407add10006656dffee34d44012f03b03fa9e5b36823fe4ed4c155373ecdca5fb8495a614abfc6ceaae8976ed7b794c497f0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173063/cdc_173063_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.97 MB ]