Industrial hygiene survey Land and Marine Enterprises Abrasive Blasting Division, Harvey, Louisiana.

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• Personal Author:
  Donaldson, Harry ; Stettler, Lloyd E.
• Description:
  An industrial survey was conducted at the Abrasive Blasting Division of Land and Marine Enterprises (SIC-1629) in Harvey, Louisiana to monitor the use of a coal slag abrasive blasting agent for blasting new steel. Blasters at the site were equipped with protective clothing and a double protective respiratory system consisting of a disposable respirator worn over the nose and mouth and a carbon filtered air supplied helmet fastened to the protective garment. Environmental concentrations of respirable dust ranged from 1.08 to 72.7 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The particle diameters ranged from 0.21 to 1.80 microns. The authors conclude that although atmospheric dust concentrations are high, the workers are adequately protected by the double respiratory protective system. They recommend using an expert abrasive blaster to train blasters in proper blasting techniques to reduce the quantities of dust produced.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Animals Carcinogens Coloring Agents Hazardous Substances Liver Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases Toxicology

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• Keywords:
  Dust-exposure Dust-sampling Explosives Field-Study Health-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-6
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00123471
• 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 30-4; 1982 Jan; :1-20
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1629 - Heavy construction, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d0d82460e5bc8ed0fa3df38f16deb8bfb53740915f0d261b98981c915c69ddf4bf87709ece5ba07e9217db2311d73632f23481c0e0c247c914dcecde38dc9d96
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179483/cdc_179483_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 502.28 KB ]