Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-43: Fortune Industries Inc.: Chelsea, Michigan

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-43-57: Fortune Industries Inc.: Chelsea, Michigan
• Personal Author:
  Apol, Arvin G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental samples for airborne silica containing dusts are collected at seven different job areas involved in making abrasive chips, 18 samples for total dust and 16 samples for respirable dust. The substances evaluated include aluminum-oxide (1344281), silicon carbide, iron-oxide (1332372), quartz (14808607), and tremolite (14567738), and the standard concentration is given for each substance. The physical agent evaluated, noise, has a standard level of 90 decibels. The silica (7631869) dust levels are found to exceed the Federal silica standard in the aluminum oxide separation area, inspection and boxing area, material handling area, special refracting area, and batch-mixing area. The tremolite concentrations exceed the standard in the batch mix area. No radiographic or other evidence is found for any serious respiratory problem from the dusts, although much dust is found accumulated in workers' nose at the end of the day. Recommendations include replacement of tremolite by a non-fibrous material
  
  installation of a local exhaust system on the vibrating screens and hoppers, improved housekeeping, provision of respirators and ear protectors, periodic medical examination, and introduction of a hearing correction program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Original title is missing part of the report number – full number is shown in alternate title
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Compounds Aluminum Oxide Asbestos Dust Ear Inorganic Chemicals Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Quartz Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Sense Organs Silicon Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Abrasive-dusts Air-quality-control Aluminum Oxide Asbestos Carborundum Dust-control Fibrous Fibrous-dusts Free Si02 Hazards-Confirmed HHE-72-43-57 Iron Oxide NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Noise-control OSHA Region 5 Personal-protective-equipment Respiratory-protection Silicon Carbide Talc Tremolite

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE724357
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; Chelsea (MI) ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  24 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kramkowski, Richard S. ; Shama, Steven K. ; Hendricks, Russell H. ; Bierbaum, Phillip ; Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027235
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-229123
• 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 72-43-57, 1973 Jul ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Aluminum oxide (CAS RN 1344-28-1) ; Iron oxide (BOC 1332-37-2) ; Crystalline silica, quartz (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Tremolite (CAS RN 14567-73-8) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4b1d74aaaa71cb2969d52afe0e6367c6460a8b77f57484c820e4e30172baa9749b4a2b0bab389843fb77f95d0bf805ceb9a6dcd7917fa76e481053e5d1622b31
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174210/cdc_174210_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.37 MB ]