Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-184-176: Philadelphia Quartz Company: Chester, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Ramos, Henry
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Respirable dust air samples in a quartz (14808607) company are collected in the breathing zone of three employees and in two general locations. Respirable dust concentrations are found to range from 0.1 to 1.4 milligrams per cubic meter. Employees working in areas of maximal Q-cel dust or ammonia (7664417) gas, are found to have eye burning, tearing or irritation of the upper respiratory system due to exposure to ammonia. Eye burning and nasal stuffiness occur from excessive dust exposures, symptoms clearing after an hour or two away from the environment. Local exhaust ventilation, avoidance of the spilling of Q-cel dust, and better housekeeping are recommended to eliminate potential health hazards. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ammonia Dust Eye Diseases Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Safety Management Silicon Dioxide Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Ammonia Dust-control Eye-disorders Hazard-Confirmed HHE-73-184-176 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 Q-cel Dust Respiratory-system-disorders Respiratory Tract Irritation Safety-measures Silica Toxic-gases Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73184176
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Chester (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:
  7 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Smallwood, Anthony W. ; Moore, Ceola H. ; Abell, Martin T.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00036551
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246471
• 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 73-184-176, 1975 Mar ; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0640c2d8a8528b92d177c889946cf8721f0be0432bf56c7eed31178c6af4dfab3b10be778590b69857ca590fa0da8ae4f12271b9b276b88c62250f28aac86cc3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174097/cdc_174097_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.20 MB ]