Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-41: Dyna-Con Packaging Corporation: Hamilton, Ohio

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-41-13: Dyna-Con Packaging Corporation: Hamilton, Ohio
• Personal Author:
  Okawa, Melvin T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Air samples taken with a hi-volume sampler in the trimsaw and bandsaw areas of a packaging plant indicate total dust concentrations ranging from 22.8 to 29.2 milligrams per cubic meter of air, which are in excess of the established standard of 15 milligrams per cubic meter. Toxic effects of wood and paper dust reportedly include cancer, dermatitis, and respiratory disease, but the etiological agents are not known. Noise level measurements in the plant indicate the need for some type of hearing conservation program. Local exhaust ventilation with a dust collecting system is recommended for installation on the trimsaw and both bandsaws. Workers should wear approved dust respirators in the trimsaw and bandsaw areas until engineering controls can be installed. Also recommended is an audiometric measurement program and the provision of ear protectors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Original title is missing part of the report number – full number is shown in alternate title
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Noise Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin Skin Diseases Ventilation Wood

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Audiometry Dust-control Environmental-contaminants Hazards-Confirmed HHE-72-41-13 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Organic-dusts OSHA Region 5 Packaging-industry Personal-protective-equipment Respiratory-system-disorders Safety-engineering Skin-disorders Toxic-substances Ventilation-systems Woodworking-industry

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Hamilton (OH) ; 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:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027233
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-229092
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE-72-41-13, 1972 Jul ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• NORA Priority Area:
  Respiratory-system-disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b63726816cc852327941c9ba43214d3293f1e1c5aa5e39f6e366d4d9961abcbf194bfccd532b71e716baa4ae5483252fb56765e4fb9cdbe73ac8598f4dc81aa1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174212/cdc_174212_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 332.93 KB ]