Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-23-401: General Electric Company, Appliance Park: Louisville, Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  Roper, C. Paul
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH, at the Enamel Shop (SIC-3479) of the Range department at the General Electric Company, Louisville, Kentucky, on February 24-25, 1977, acting on a request from a group of employees regarding their exposure to recirculated dust arising from the application of a white enamel coating on kitchen range panels. Personal air samples collected form the breathing zones of 13 affected employees revealed that the levels of silica and total airborne dust were within the acceptable limits established to prevent harmful effects on the health of employees. Medical evaluation based on interviews with the exposed employees revealed that many of them have experienced symptoms of eye and nose irritation from exposure to the dust. Although the dust exposure is not believed to pose any danger to the employees health, this irritation can and should be minimized. Recommendations are made for the prevention of dust irritation and for compliance with industrial hygiene practice. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Electricity Environmental Monitoring Lung Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Sense Organs Silicon Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Dust-control Electrical-industry Enamel Coating Exposure-limits Eye-irritation Eye And Nose Irritation Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-77-23-401 Industrial-plants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nuisance-dusts OSHA Region 4 Respirable-dust Respiratory-irritation Silica Silica-dusts Spray Booth Total Dust

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7723401
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Louisville (KY) ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00072191
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-274784
• 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 77-23-401, 1977 Jun ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3479 - Metal coating and allied services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a8324626bec6faadc281674950ff19d6fbcf59f73211d39e1e170aa993f63b2f973c163cc47290e9d50d27350e851ed87413ee910b25f5c6a1515528b65f4341
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173920/cdc_173920_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.59 MB ]