Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-6-294: J. A. Devine, D.D.S.: Cheyenne, Wyoming

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation conducted at the J. A. Devine Dental Clinic (SIC-8021) in Cheyenne, Wyoming, indicates that concentrations of mercury (7439976) during the evaluation range from less than 0.01 microgram to 0.18 milligram per cubic meter, which is in excess of the NIOSH standard of 0.05 milligram per cubic meter and hence a potential health hazard to the employees. Recommendations include tightly closed capsules during amalgamation, removal of carpeting from dental operatories, salvaging all amalgam scraps and storing in a closed container with a layer of water over the amalgam, immediate vacuuming of spilled mercury using special vacuum cleaners fitted with charcoal filters, elimination of the hand squeezing of amalgam, and comprehensive medical examination of all employees including analysis of urine, and looking for specific symptoms of mercury absorption such as weight loss, sleeplessness, tremors, and personality change. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Dental Offices Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Mercury Metals, Heavy Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Urine

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• Keywords:
  Air-pollution Control-measures Dental Clinic Dentists Fillings Hazard-Confirmed Hazards Health-science-personnel Heavy-metals HHE-76-6-294 Inorganic Mercury Medical-personnel Mercury-vapors Nervous-system-disorders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 8 Safety-measures Symptomatology Toxic-substances Urinalysis

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE766294
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wyoming ; Cheyenne (WY) ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00057329
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-166300
• 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 76-6-294, 1976 May ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• 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-512:27bb60c582acf5565a6d3f3e50afdd58bbb3bb27bd9afda4ed5e4640b55858f406caa767d937b3fb44ce8304e5429ff45cb328085adadf180668eb7e017eb474
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173983/cdc_173983_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1017.38 KB ]