Survey report on zeolite ore mining near Bowie, Arizona, Union Carbide Corporation, Linde Division, Tarrytown, New York.

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• Personal Author:
  Herrick RF ; Robinson C
• Description:
  Worker exposures to airborne particulates generated during zeolite (1318021) mining were determined at the Union Carbide Corporation, Linde Division (SIC-1429) in Bowie, Arizona, on May 8, 1979. The mine was under consideration for inclusion in a NIOSH study of the health effects of occupation airborne zeolite exposure. Approximately 8 to 14 workers were assigned to the mining operations surveyed. Personnel records contained only job applications and social security numbers. Personal and area air samples were collected in the vicinity of mining activities. All samples analyzed for total and respirable quartz (14808607) and cristobalite (14464461) were below the analytical limit of detection of 0.03 milligrams. Microscopic examination of personal and area samples revealed only a small percentage of fibers longer than 5 micrometers with a length to diameter ratio of 3 to 1 or greater. The author concludes that the miners are not exposed to fibrous zeolites and that this mining operation is inappropriate for inclusion in the NIOSH study due to the small number of miners, the insufficient latency period, and the lack of exposure to fibrous zeolite.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Control-methods Field-Study Health-services Health-surveys Industrial-processes Mining-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-health-programs Region-2 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:
  Arizona ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  1-27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00109224
• 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, IWS 111-10, 1981 Jan; :1-27
• CAS Registry Number:
  Zeolites, synthetic (CAS RN 1318-02-1) ; Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Cristobalite (CAS RN 14464-46-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1429 - Crushed and broken stone, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c3c9da9f8b2708cbd5a47a6f8e7903cb447bd3676a689d986280b4d64207f09488e1d1f462dc02b5f285b958224b64890e8be50dbfc68954ad3aef8eccf207d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179086/cdc_179086_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.36 MB ]