Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-177-343: Hersey Products Company, Inc.: Dedham, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Kominsky, John R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation of employee exposure to air contaminants in the Bronze Foundry (SIC-3362) of the Hersey Products Company reveals that 27 percent of the personnel respirable samples in the coremaking, molding, shakeout and fettling areas showed exposures to crystalline silica in excess of the NIOSH recommended standard, to the effect that coremakers, molders, utility men on shakeout and fettlers are exposed to potentially toxic concentration of airborne respirable crystalline silica (7631869). The concentrations of formaldehyde (50000) do not exceed the evaluation criteria, although evidence exists that irritant toxicity to this agent is present in the exposed workers. The levels of toluene (108883) encountered cannot account for infrequent nose and throat soreness elicited by 2 workers. Bronze alloy furnace tenders and pourers are frequently exposed to lead levels in excess of the recommended standards
  
  the same is valid for casting chipping and grinding personnel, who also undergo excessive copper (7440508) dust exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aldehydes Carcinogens Dust Environmental Monitoring Formaldehyde Irritants Lead Lead Poisoning Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Phenol Poisoning Safety Silicon Dioxide Solvents Toluene Toxicology

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Bronze Carbon Monoxide Copper-poisoning Copper Oxide Cystalline Silica Exposure-limits Formaldehyde Foundry Foundry-practice Hazards-Confirmed Heavy-metals HHE-75-177-343 Hydrogen Cyanide Industrial-emission-sources Industrial-health Irritant Lead-poisoning Lead Oxide Metallic-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Organic-solvents OSHA Region 1 Phenol Respiratory-irritants Silica-dusts Tin Oxide Toluene Zinc Oxide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75177343
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Dedham (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:
  12 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00057815
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-269145
• 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 75-177-343, 1976 Nov ; :1-46
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3362 - Brass, Bronze, and Copper Foundries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2366bc44527e4ed422d5ab8d107ab6965cc26d6e58d3919c7e2650c1fe1783b098589bc2c5546a22c62b2d5b2404392fa3c06c502a720903c9027d7686b880a8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173979/cdc_173979_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.63 MB ]