Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-185-1007: Inryco, Incorporated; Melrose Park, Illinois

Details

• Personal Author:
  Almaguer, Daniel ; Orris, Peter
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An industrial hygiene survey was conducted on March 27, 1981 and medical interviews were conducted on April 24, 1981 at Inryco, Incorporated (SIC-3441), Melrose Park, Illinois, to evaluate employee exposures to lead (7439921) and total particulates. An authorized employee representative requested the evaluation on behalf of 19 affected workers. NIOSH investigators were unable to collect samples, but environmental exposure data collected previously by OSHA indicated worker lead exposures in the range of OSHA standard of 0.05mg/Cum. A review of company medical records subsequent to the OSHA investigation did not indicate elevated blood lead concentrations. Nine of the 19 workers interviewed reported shortness of breath and four noted morning cough and phlegm production. None of the employees interviewed indicated symptoms associated with lead poisoning. The authors conclude that because of the respiration program in operation at this facility, no health hazard from lead or total particulates existed. They recommend medical surveillance of affected workers, and proper storage of solvents.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA811851007
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kramkowski, Richard S.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00122596
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-187063
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 81-185-1007, 1981 November ; 1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3441 - Fabricated structural metal - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:37ed272b693b81e4e2b467722fedce7bbcce6f4cfbbe22db9fd2e7b40cf8a64f25da3b68f365faa852b641ea39669b6d83e80536f10108cb246e476af790102e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173214/cdc_173214_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.01 MB ]