Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Welding, Brazing, and Thermal Cutting [1988] [Abridged Edition]

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• Personal Author:
  Baburich, Susan B. ; Brown, Michael A. ; Cooper, Burt J. ; Newman, Mary A. ; Tremmel, Fred
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer
• Description:
  This abridged edition of the criteria document on welding, brazing, and thermal cutting reviewed available information on the health risks to workers engaged in these activities and provided criteria for eliminating or minimizing the occupational risks. Epidemiological studies and case reports have established that workers exposed to hazardous substances in these activities have a higher risk of developing acute and chronic respiratory disease. The excessive incidence of lung cancer among welders was of prime concern. Evidence suggested the risk of lung cancer is elevated 40 percent among welders. This increased risk appeared to be associated with exposures to nickel (7440020) and chromium (7440473) fumes. Excesses in morbidity and mortality among welders have been shown to exist even when exposures have been reported to be below current OSHA permissible limits for the many individual components released in welding emissions. The severity and prevalence of noncarcinogenic respiratory conditions were not well characterized among welders, but have been observed in both smoking and nonsmoking members of this work force. NIOSH recommends that exposure to all welding emissions be reduced to the lowest feasible limits using state of the art engineering controls and work practices. Exposure limits for individual chemical or physical agents should be considered upper boundaries of exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Welding
• Keywords:
  Cancer-rates Carcinogens Lung-cancer Lung-irritants Metal-fumes NIOSH-Criteria-Document Pulmonary-system-disorders Risk-analysis Welders-lung Welding-industry
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB88110a
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSDTT - Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  64 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Wagner, William D. ; Groth, David H. ; Hatfield, G. Kent ; Rabinovitz, Shledon ; Reed, Laurence D. ; Becks, Vanessa L. ; Browning, Carolyn A. ; Grubbs, Ruth E. ; Hamilton, Anne C. ; Holloway, Forest C. Jr. ; Stirnkorb, Ann
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00183535
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-123442
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 88-110a, 1988 Aug ; :1-62
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Titanium (CAS RN 7440-32-6) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0) ; Nitric oxide (CAS RN 10102-43-9) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c88d9f5c3e4b7bb02cba6a73107b8f86ea988805c3965e70a5e5420cfa9632eec28d934301b67436f3f8c4885f707d52c1248e564b33a7960ffb1184c6c36998
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/175218/cdc_175218_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.02 MB ]