Industrial hygiene survey of Northwestern States Cement, Mason City, Iowa. Cement Workers Morbidity Study.

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• Personal Author:
  Davidson C ; Sanderson, Wayne T.
• Description:
  As part of the Cement Workers Morbidity Study, an industrial hygiene survey was conducted at the Northwestern States Cement facility in Mason City, Iowa. Environmental sampling was undertaken to determine the presence and concentration of various contaminants. For most jobs at the site the respirable and total dust levels were below the recommended exposure levels. Four samples from a mill helper, a laborer, and two dust collectors exceeded the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists recommended level for respirable nuisance particulate. Two samples from a primary crusher operator and a repairman exceeded levels for nuisance dust. Three samples exceeded levels for respirable quartz (14808607). The authors recommend measures to reduced exposures, including a routine surveillance program, engineering controls, ventilation design, improved clean up operations, and the use of personal protective equipment.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Ceramics Dust Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Silicon Dioxide Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles Cement-industry Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Field-Study Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-exposure Region-7
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-51
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00218231
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1982 Aug; :1-51
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Investigations Branch, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Morgantown, West Virginia, 51 pages, 28 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1ecfee894c30af39cf73c13d49a3a84cb8389c030a5dec048d3ee8e3980bf24d0d753dda5666ff0e1547eff50b443e35b0f254f27e7b2de7925f06436f374a5f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180857/cdc_180857_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB ]