Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-21-381: H. O. Strickler, D.D.S.: Littlestown, Pennsylvania 17340

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• Personal Author:
  Kronoveter, Kenneth J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH at dental clinical(SIC-8021) of H. O. Strickler, Littlestown, Pa., on January 7, 1977. The investigation was prompted by a request from Dr. Strickler to evaluate the potential of hazardous exposure to mercury (7439976) in his clinic for himself and his two affected employees. On the basis of air sampling results, urine mercury levels, employee interviews, and available toxicity information it is concluded that exposure to mercury vapors did not present a health hazard to the employees at the time of the survey. Measurements with a direct reading instrument did indicate that a small amount of mercury contamination was present in various places in the clinic. Recommendations for mercury control in dental offices are outlined. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dental Offices Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Mercury Metals Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Toxicology Urine

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Control-measures Dental Clinic Dentists Environmental-contamination Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-care-facilities Heavy-metals HHE-77-21-381 Medical-personnel Mercury-poisoning Mercury Vapor Metal-poisoning NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 Toxic-chemicals Urine-chemistry Urine Mercury

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7721381
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Littlestown (PA) ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00069935
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273910
• 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 77-21-381, 1977 Apr ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8021 - Offices and clinics of dentists - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eab98d4a7f86e1022b88c42dbe757265490862262f9def5eff72fad17bba15ad30e65259ce1afa0c7f8a948b4a2100e8fd117ce0128ac7caf8542959e2741124
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173944/cdc_173944_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.86 MB ]