Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 79-67-694: Western Gypsum Company: Santa Fe, New Mexico

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• Personal Author:
  Markel, Harry L. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An environmental and medical survey was conducted on April 24, 1979 at the Western Gypsum Company (SIC-3275) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. An authorized representative of the American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Occupations United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers International Union requested the evaluation to investigate possible hazards to workers involved in gypsum (10101414) wallboard production. Environmental samples were collected to determine airborne concentrations of gypsum dust. Four production area workers were interviewed to identify medical symptoms. Exhaust velocities of the ventilation system were measured at various work stations. Four personal breathing zones and two general area samples indicated gypsum concentrations ranged from standard of 15mg/m3 for an 8 hour time weighted average. Employee interviews failed to identify and work related health problems. Exhaust velocities ranged from 175 to 200 feet per minute. The authors conclude that a hazard from exposure to gypsum dust did not exist in the wallboard production area. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Calcium Sulfate Dust Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-contaminants Air-sampling Airborne-dusts Clinical-symptoms Exhaust-systems Gypsum-products Gypsum Dust Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-79-67-694 Industrial-factory-workers NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 6 Ventilation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7967694
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; Santa Fe (NM) ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Freeman, Jena
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00098081
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-111213
• 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 79-67-694, 1980 Jun ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Gypsum (CAS RN 13397-24-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3275 - Gypsum products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a30c7b622deeb24555ff0964658d3b063372990d88eb10f9ab811f734dcbcfc688046efc6b6b2c6527f3f3b4c534d777d0e5b1b6ca1ea5c53da5c2f65a855364
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173678/cdc_173678_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 854.29 KB ]