Byssinosis an industrial hygiene and medical survey of the Stearns and Foster Company Lockland, Ohio.

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• Personal Author:
  Curtis RA ; Harover JK ; Jones J ; Parnes W ; Spiegel R ; Zumwalde, Ralph D.
• Description:
  Respiratory function tests and the incidence of byssinosis among production workers were evaluated in a mattress manufacturing operation, together with associated cotton dust levels. According to vertical elutriator and personal sampling data, dust was present only in the garnetting and shredding departments where the levels exceeded the prevailing standards. Functional tests failed to reveal the presence of byssinosis. Recommendations are made for control measures in the garnett and shredding department.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Cotton Cotton-dusts Diagnostic-tests Dust-control Dust-samplers Field-Study NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-5 Respiratory-disorders Sampling-methods Smoking;

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• Document Type:
  Text
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-35
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00026781
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1973 Apr; :1-35
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:633565f178d64421756dc04cabc14fb1e6b810ef2093d4ecf0431fa9e2d2d31cd28e258728b0e7dcb52380b06243f2daf49e4d01026099bfdfab69535731912c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178652/cdc_178652_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.31 MB ]