Walkthrough survey of Hitco, in Gardena, California.

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• Personal Author:
  Bierbaum PJ ; Dement, John M.
• Description:
  Worker exposure to glass fibers was surveyed at HITCO (SIC-3231) in Gardena, California on July 19, 1973. About 750 persons were employed in three shifts. Medical facilties provided first aid and emergency treatment. During the day shift, a nurse was on duty. Workers were given pre-employment examinations but no chest X-rays or pulmonary function tests were included. Product inspectors were given periodic eye examinations. The factory had a safety engineer, a safety program, and a personal protection program. Four personal air samples were collected on membrane filters for determining exposures to glass fibers by an optical count. Concentrations ranged from 2.1 to 24.4 fibers per milliliter. The authors conclude that a glass fiber health hazard existed. They recommend that exposure be kept to an absolute minimum; the use of engineering controls; appropriate work practices including local exhaust ventilation; provision for respiratory protection and initiation of medical surveillance programs for workers exposed to glass fibers.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Aluminum Silicates Dust Environmental Monitoring Epoxy Resins Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Plastics Polymers Preceptorship Safety

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Airborne-fibers Control-methods Field-Study Glass-products Health-services Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-health-programs Region-9 Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106229
• 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 35-23, 1975 Aug; :1-13
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3231 - Products of purchased glass - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f7184ce3db8d0d74dc9c9b22cf3ff51b51cc33cc5491260ff274b09adcd597f71b5cea47826b8cc5c2d8913cb3a2e7ea8dd5098af2371d4ae241181b7da148be
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179049/cdc_179049_DS1.pdf
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