Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-135-138: Kaiser Permanente Cement Company: Lucerne Valley, California 92356

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• Personal Author:
  Larsen, Lee B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Free silica (7631869) and iron-oxide (1317619) dust are not considered to be toxic at the concentrations measured at a cement company. Although air concentrations of asbestos (1332214) were found to be below Federal Standards on a time weighted average basis, recommendations are made to protect workers from unnecessary exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asbestos Carcinogens Dust Environmental Pollution Ferrous Compounds Inorganic Chemicals Minerals Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety

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• Keywords:
  Abrasive-dusts Air-contamination Air-quality-control Airborne-particulates Asbestos Cement Environmental-contaminants Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-73-135-138 Iron Oxide Mineral-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 9 Particulate-dusts

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73135138
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Lucerne Valley (CA) ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Wisner, Bert T. ; Butler, George J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027956
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246456
• 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 73-135-138, 1974 May ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Iron(II,III) oxide (CAS RN 1317-61-9) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3a3868249c9a9a48117e2a4b614511b6644d10de6b73425ddd6ddf71d9b2f2b0e5beba3d24077c0a36645a7af50fc8e9a7e165573278aa693340c96b5e3bb934
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174131/cdc_174131_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.32 MB ]