Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 79-14-760: General Electric Company: Evendale, Ohio 45215

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• Personal Author:
  Kominsky, John R. ; Schutte, Norbert P.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to metallic vanadium (7440622) and airborne particulates were investigated at the General Electric Company (SIC- 3510) in Evendale, Ohio, on January 25 and May 22, 1979, in response to a request from an authorized representative of the United Automobile Workers International Union, Local 647. Thirteen personal air samples were collected in the jet engine fan blade finishing area where approximately 88 workers were employed in two shifts. None of the samples contained vanadium in excess of the OSHA 1.0 milligram per cubic meter (mg/CuM) standard. The maximum 8 hour time weighted average (TWA) exposure to vanadium was 0.097 mg/CuM. Total particulate concentration in the outside shroud area was 16.8 mg/CuM, in excess of the 15.0 mg/CuM OSHA standard. Hearing loss, nose bleeds, sinus problems, headaches, nose irritations, bronchitis, and shortness of breath were reported by 14 of 27 interviewed workers. The author concludes that outside shroud area workers were exposed to harmful particulate concentrations. He recommends protective equipment for workers in areas with particulate concentrations in excess of 15.0 mg/CuM and at fan polishing work sites. Ventilation should be inspected periodically. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Vanadium Ventilation Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Engine And Turbines Hazards-Confirmed HHE-79-14-760 Jet Engine Fan Blades NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nuisance Particulates OSHA Region 5 Vanadium-dust Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7914760
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Evendale (OH) ; 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Thoburn, Theodore W. ; Singal, Mitchell ; Whitlock, Monica
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00108713
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-107228
• 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 79-14-760, 1980 Oct ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Vanadium (CAS RN 7440-62-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  351 - Engines and Turbines - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dddbfaf8dd2f597c95c1e5e0ed6d724baf9ae0fe2ba2e91468b0f3a110f439ff1fc37f90e64dba62b407a8728f4abc2544f2e6ed6445e4106392022eac713243
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173485/cdc_173485_DS1.pdf
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