Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 79-90-686: Crouse-Hinds Company: Syracuse, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Moseley, Clifford L. ; Singal, Mitchell
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Area and personal breathing zone air samples were taken for crystalline silica (7631869) and a medical study of employees with 15 or more years of service was conducted on May 9, 1979 to determine if there was silicosis among the 624 workers at the iron and nonferrous foundries (SIC-3320) of Crouse-Hinds Company at Syracuse, New York. The evaluation was requested by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2084. The medical study included a respiratory questionnaire, chest x-ray and pulmonary function tests. Breathing zone monitoring with selected workers from different job classifications was conducted and samples were collected on filter paper using personal sampling vacuum pumps drawing air at 1.7 liters per minute. Twenty-eight environmental samples were taken for respirable crystalline silica and 7 for total particulates. The authors conclude that there is no health hazard and that there is little risk of developing silicosis for most of the foundry workers, however, there is a higher risk associated with grinding and knock out jobs. The authors recommend medical surveillance procedures and environmental improvements. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Labor Unions Lung Minerals Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Silicon Dioxide Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Crystalline Silica Foundry Hazard-Unconfirmed Hazardous-chemicals HHE-79-90-686 Medical-monitoring NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 2 Pulmonary-function Pulmonary Function Unions Work-environment X-ray

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7990686
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Syracuse (NY) ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  Pryor, Paul D. ; Schutte, George R. ; Nurre, Dorothy E. ; Morrison, Donald ; Peak, Joanne M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099402
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-211568
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 79-90-686, 1980 May ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  332 - Iron and Steel Foundries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9d158723d77db2c57657a25afd948995852f389fef7998f9dffc7021de2054d5719714e84f67d5f51413944967cd1fc52302c6a44d5f9f29227337c0cdeec4ae
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173649/cdc_173649_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.60 MB ]