Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-43 A-F-429: Hersey Products Company, Inc.: Gilbertville, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Kominsky, John R. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on April 22, June 29-30 and July 1, 1976, at the Hersey Products Company, Inc., in Gilbertville, Massachusetts, a facility engaged in the founding of ferrous (SIC-3321) and non-ferrous castings (SIC- 3361). The evaluation was prompted by a request from the management regarding exposure of approximately 60 affected employees to vapors, gases, oxides, and particulates. Environmental evaluation revealed that the shell and no-bake core makers, metal pourers, and snagger- grinder operators employed in the ferrous foundry were exposed to toxic or potentially toxic concentrations of respirable crystalline silica (7631869) dust, or carbon-monoxide (630080), or iron-oxide and total particulates. In the non-ferrous foundry, workers were exposed to toxic concentrations of crystalline silica, or inorganic lead (7439921)
  
  the 5 non-ferrous foundry workers complained of a metallic taste and occasional recurrent chills suggestive of what is commonly known as brass-chills. Recommendations are made for improving the prevailing environmental conditions, use of respiratory protective equipment, and medical surveillance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Aldehydes Copper Dust Environmental Monitoring Ferrous Compounds Formaldehyde Irritants Lead Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Silicon Dioxide Skin Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Airborne-particulates Carbon Monoxide Crystalline Silica Foundry-practice Hazard-Confirmed Industrial-plants Iron Oxide Metallic-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 1 Primary-metallurgical-processes Respirable-dust Respiratory-irritants Silica-dusts Total Particulate

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7643AF429
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Gilbertville (MA) ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  57 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Goetz, Carol ; Hollett, Bruce A. ; Evans, William A. ; Price, James H. ; Collins, Clinton ; Handke, Jan L. ; Snarr, James ; Pierce, Frank D. ; Perkins, James ; Siddoway, Judith I.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074925
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-140206
• 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 76-43-A-F-429, 1977 Sep ; :1-57
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3321 - Gray and ductile iron foundries - (SIC) ; 3361 - Aluminum Foundries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f9e97142eff9810d4c2322e788f6a7c24cc921047f7bb7c9adcbf603377347e14eedcf959c0c9d6be2801488097826a425616d84b3bbd7d990344e9c27f34a45
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173915/cdc_173915_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.83 MB ]