Industrial hygiene survey of Marquette Cement Co., Rockmart, Georgia. 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 Marquette Cement Company in Rockmart, Georgia. Environmental sampling was conducted to determined respirable and total dust concentrations of various contaminants. For most jobs at this site the levels of respirable and total dust were below the permissible limits. Four respirable dust samples fRom, William N.orkers in the packhouse exceeded the ACGIH recommended levels for nuisance particulates. Nineteen respirable dust samples form workers associated with raw materials contained detectable levels of quartz (14808607). Eight of these samples contained concentrations greater than 100 micrograms/cubic meter. Possible overexposure to welding fumes were noted for welders. The authors recommendations for reducing exposures included improving the design of the ventilation system, using proper clean up procedures, using personal protective equipment, and monitoring welding fumes.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automation Ceramics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Silicon Dioxide Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles Cement-industry Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Field-Study NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-exposure Quartz-dust Region-4
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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:
  1-46
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00218233
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1982 Aug; :1-46
• 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, 46 pages, 20 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:872f9d1cb78e5360e04eaccdbf21e213eac2a5a75fd743da99a8ac500599d694f6452f6159121be7c80591693b93fbb6b84f378988da587dc6c84e240d823464
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180859/cdc_180859_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.33 MB ]