Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-28-17: Lawndale Industries, Inc.: Lima, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burton, David J. ; Lee, Jane A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical survey of operations and personnel in a plant manufacturing porcelain enamel coated steel bath tubs (SIC- 3431), involving the application of ground and finish coats by electrostatic spraying which exposes men to silica (7631869). Data are given for the components of ground coat, white cover coat, and bulk samples, and also for personnel sample, industrial ventilation, and inspection and cleaning of respirators. Analysis of the bulk and personnel samples indicates that finish coats contain, on an average, less than 1 percent free silica, that the ground coat contains about 5 percent free silica, and that exposure to respirable free silica at the ground coat spray area is about three times the recommended maximum of 1.4 milligrams per cubic meter. Recommendations include increasing ground coat spray booth exhaust ventilation to about 125 feet per minute face velocity, removal of the fan located at the exit end of the ground coat booth, training of operatives, preemployment and routine chest x-rays, and other medical checkups, provision of lockers, showers, and drinking fountains, and establishment of personal protection plans and safety programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Pollution Occupational Health Paint Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory System Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Environmental-contamination Hazard-Confirmed HHE-72-28-17 Job-training Milled Porcelain Enamel Mineral-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 5 Personal-hygiene Personal-protective-equipment Respirable Free Silica Respiratory-equipment Safety-education Spray-painting Threshold-limit-values

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE722817
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Lima (OH) ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027225
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-229079
• 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 72-28-17, 1972 Aug ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3421 - Cutlery - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5ce2abbbd5a91f817f8302804624b425b41995f1127576514b8dba4e7d2748765a99e071adb2e7dde73b62a8581c620852572c4f2d40ee88987826da777cd543
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174220/cdc_174220_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 533.16 KB ]