Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-95-113: Banner Iron Works: St. Louis, Missouri

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• Personal Author:
  Butler, George J. ; Cromer, John W. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental survey and medical evaluation data reveal a potential health hazard from exposure to free silica (7631869) containing dust from cleaning of castings in an iron works. Recommendations include evaluation and redesign of ventilation systems, pre-employment examinations, periodic medical examinations of workers exposed to free silica, including chest x-rays and respiratory function tests, and exclusion of workers with evidence of silicosis or tuberculosis from areas containing free silica. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Pollution Ferrous Compounds Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Abrasive-dusts Dust Dust-control Environmental-contaminants Foundry Foundry-workers Hazard-Confirmed HHE-73-95-113 Iron-industry Mineral-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 7 Pneumoconiotic-dusts Respirable Silica

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7395113
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; St. Louis (MO) ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027295
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-232741
• 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 73-95-113, 1974 Mar ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fc664f0916d0f914bb1cbe8015b4da83b349d1c53052d4cbfedbc5ff9b67f2d26bf489a256ac678b63f28aed97fb867bececcdaf090b24b4d77dc6e69bfd6cd2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174155/cdc_174155_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.93 MB ]