Washington Foundry Survey.

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Washington Foundry Survey.

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1971/05/01
By National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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English

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Corporate Authors:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Description:

Results of the Washington Foundry Survey (SIC-3325) conducted in May 1971, are reported. Respirable dust counts in the various facilities varied from 0.5 to 8.5 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/cu m). The percentage of free silica (7631869) in settled dust varied from 0.2 to 31. Air concentrations of trace metals in milligrams per cubic meter are tabulated for manganese (7439965), zinc (7440666), chromium (7440473), nickel (7440020), lead (7439921), and iron-oxide (1309371).
Subjects:

Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Construction Industry Demography Firefighters Health Personnel Law Enforcement Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Race Factors Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sex Characteristics
Keywords:

Air-contamination Airborne-dusts Control-methods Field-Study Health-surveys IWS-40-15 Mineral-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-health-programs Region-10 Steel-foundries Workplace-studies
Document Type:

Text
Place as Subject:

OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
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:

1-18
NIOSHTIC Number:

nn:00107236
Citation:

NIOSH 1971 May; :1-18
CAS Registry Number:

Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Iron oxide (Fe2O3) (CAS RN 1309-37-1)
Federal Fiscal Year:

1971
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

3325 - Steel foundries, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha-512:1075cda19efdfe9a53bc52e9cbd97473407abff80bd98a3d3e1a60bfc819d20543d10a444de881d8c68057ea7382676cfcd2686f0b8b273a4fd50585a85fd62e
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179072/cdc_179072_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 480.38 KB ]

File Language:

English

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