Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-27-200: Gorsuch Foundry Company Incorporated: Jeffersonville, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Thoburn, Theodore W. ; Vandervort, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical evaluations of the aluminum, brass, and bronze shops of a foundry indicate a potential health hazard from exposure to silica (7631869). Recommendations presented for the control of silica exposure include improved ventilation, improved sand handling procedures, and a medical monitoring program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Dust Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Lead Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Air-sampling Aluminum Oxide Blood Levels Copper Crystalline Silica Dust-control Hazards-Confirmed HHE-73-27-200 Manganese Nickel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 5 Tin Oxide Toxicity Zinc Zinc Oxide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7327200
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Jeffersonville (IN) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  24 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Cohen, Steven R. ; Rosensteel, Robert E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00046787
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249380
• 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 73-27-200, 1975 Jun ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3734bcc30fec49b65e3bb667a5c840c433b8d31131aa90087c4470e1538fe950f2cf85cbee464e4e8cdb479407eba0e21ee00ed5a10adfccb78ce76036259d8b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174075/cdc_174075_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.69 MB ]