Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-425-1124: Electrodyne Company; Batavia, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burroughs, G. Edward
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Employee exposure to lead (7439921) at the Electrodyne Company (SIC- 3499) in Batavia, Ohio was investigated. The survey request came from the Vice President of the company who was concerned that 20 employees involved in the production of a millable magnetic material were dangerously exposed to airborne lead. An OSHA survey had found measured airborne lead concentrations above their permissible value of 50 micrograms per cubic meter. In addition, management requested assistance in designing and evaluating controls for reducing lead exposure. Environmental measurements of lead and particulates conducted on August 12, 1981 showed lead concentrations from 9 to 460 micrograms per cubic meter. On January 12, 1982, after installation of exhaust hoods at the suggestion of NIOSH, lead concentrations ranged from 22 to 800 micrograms per cubic meter. The author concludes that neither general exhaust ventilation nor limited local exhaust ventilation were sufficient to reduce airborne concentrations of total particulates to below the recommended criteria of 10 milligrams per cubic meter. The authors suggest that additional local exhaust ventilation and administrative controls be installed.
• Subjects:
  Dust Lead Lead Poisoning Occupational Health Particulate Matter Poisoning Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Control-technology Dust Ferrite Hazards-Confirmed HETA-81-425-1124 Industrial-ventilation Lead Lead-poisoning NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Particulates Ventilation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA814251124
• 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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Hills, Bruce ; Williams, Beverly L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127254
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-141431
• 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 81-425-1124, 1982 Jun ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Widener, Betty L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3499 - Fabricated metal products, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f3f3f631fba6f6f1469750b57f2dba8a24c7202fd165fb841b4b660190df49867e02bcc93fde0f53f83f811cce62d599faa2145c75dbac350c210a743795ef03
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173125/cdc_173125_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.89 MB ]