Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-69-323: Roy K. Yaeger, D.D.S.: Lititz, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation was conducted by NIOSH on June 9, 1976, at the Roy K. Yaeger Dental Office (SIC-8021) in Lititz, Pennsylvania. At the time of this evaluation, breathing zone and general room samples were taken for inorganic mercury (7439976). A direct reading instrument also was used. Concentrations of mercury during this evaluation ranged from less than 0.01 microgram to 0.08 milligram per cubic meter. Some levels detected were in excess of the NIOSH recommended standard of 0.05 milligram per cubic meter and thus a potential health hazard to the employees from exposure to inorganic mercury is judged to exist. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dental Offices Environmental Monitoring Health Personnel Mercury Metals Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Dental Operatories Dentists Exposure-limits Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals HHE-76-69-323 Medical-personnel Mercury-poisoning Metal-poisoning NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health OSHA Region 3

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7669323
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Lititz (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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056659
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273911
• 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 76-69-323, 1976 Aug ; :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-512:5adcf578b03a5298044144913bf60a7e05e343d2695fccfd0e66ec3173d473848baf0f9889257303213f12ec38e96fe7e607a31e9ecba950a21f27fe51960372
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174004/cdc_174004_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 887.74 KB ]