Survey report of General Motors Assembly Division, Norwood, Ohio.

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• Personal Author:
  Johnson P ; Roberts D
• Description:
  An industrial hygiene survey to determine the type and extent of industrial exposures existing during torch brazing operations at the General Motors Assembly Division plant in Norwood, Ohio, is reported. The primary function of this facility is automobile assembly (SIC-3711). During torch brazing operations, various metal parts are joined by 2 brazers and 7 inert gas (MIG) welders at a rate of 57 automobile bodies/hour. A total of 15 area air samples were collected for trace metal fume analysis. Analyses were made for silver (7440224), copper (7440508), zinc (7440666), cadmium (7440439), iron (743986), chromium (7440473), manganese (7439965), magnesium (7439954), and zinc-oxide (1314132). Noise levels during operations were also determined. The fume analyses indicated all concentrations below current standards; however, the potential for peak exposures during periods of heavier work loads does exist. Noise levels in the torch brazing/welding area were in excess of 90dBA which is the current permissible standard. Only during lunch and break periods were the noise levels less than 90dBA.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Acoustical-measurements Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Automotive-industry Field-Study Hazards Industrial-factory-workers Joining Metal-compounds NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Noise-analysis Noise-control Occupational-health Region-5

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  1-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080654
• 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, IWS 65-15, 1978 Jan; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silver (CAS RN 7440-22-4) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Phosphinic acid, [(4-ethenyl-1-naphthalenyl)methyl]phenyl-, ethyl ester (CAS RN 743-98-6) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Magnesium (CAS RN 7439-95-4) ; Zinc oxide (ZnO) (CAS RN 1314-13-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3711 - Motor vehicles and car bodies - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1714b830df56d716538165efda1af5b11293ab77335e21d9fe1cee8998479f723ac4cd758088a956078837197a916f9f3311c5214d866ebd53318136c74d6c27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178883/cdc_178883_DS1.pdf
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