Details:

• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Rostand, Robert A.

  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Rostand, Robert A. Less -
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on August 19-22, 28-29, and October 30, 1975, at the Kawecki Berylco Industries, Inc., in Reading, Pa., a facility engaged in the manufacturing of beryllium (7440417) alloy tools, wire, rods, and strips (SIC-3339). The survey was prompted by a request from an authorized representative of the 350 affected employees regarding exposure to hazardous concentrations of beryllium and development of beryllium lung disease. Environmental sampling revealed that employees in the foundry, arc, scrap remelt, calcine, Detroit, and atomizing areas were exposed to toxic concentrations of beryllium dust. Medical evaluation resulted in the identification of 1 case of beryllium dermatitis, one case of beryllium pneumonitis and 9 workers with chronic beryllium pulmonary disease. Excessive noise levels that could result in noise induced hearing loss were recorded in the Detroit room. Recommendations are made for control of environmental exposure of employees to the potentially toxic substances and for medical surveillance of exposed employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
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  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Beryllium Carcinogens Dermatitis Dust Environmental Monitoring Lung Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Metal Workers Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Poisoning Quartz Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide Skin Skin Diseases Ventilation
• Keywords:
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  Acute Beryllium Pneumonitis Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Beryllium Beryllium-poisoning Beryllium Alloy Tools, Wire, Rods, And Strips Beryllium Dermatitis Chronic Beryllium Pulmonary Disease Hazard-Confirmed HHE-75-87-280 Industrial-plants Light-metals Metallic-dusts Metalworking-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-diseases OSHA Region 3 Respiratory-system-disorders Skin-disorders
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7587280
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Reading (PA) ; OSHA Region 3

  Pennsylvania ; Reading (PA) ; OSHA Region 3 Less -
• 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:
  24 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.;Hatch, Loren L.;Straub, Wesley E.;Lee, H. G.;Perkins, James;Nelson, James H.;
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074999
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-161251
• 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 75-87-280, 1976 Apr;:1-24;
• CAS Registry Number:
  Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• NORA Priority Area:
  Respiratory-system-disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3339 - Primary nonferrous metals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173885/cdc_173885_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF-4.37 MB]