Industrial hygiene survey of California Cement Co., Colton, California. Cement Workers Morbidity Study.

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• Personal Author:
  Davidson C ; Sanderson, Wayne T.
• Description:
  A walk through survey was conducted of the California Cement Company, Colton, California, to determining the presence of materials harmful to the health of workers at that and similar sites. For most jobs at the site the respirable and total dust levels were below recommended limits. There were eight respirable dust samples which exceeded the 5.0mg/m3 recommended ACGIH levels for respirable nuisance particulate. Detectable levels of quartz (14808607) were found in 11 respirable dust samples. Six total dust samples exceeded the Mine Safety and Health Administration limit of 10mg/m3. Exposure to quartz dust was associated with raw materials. The authors recommend that personal respirators should be provided for workers involved in maintenance and clean up operations. Substitution of a vacuum system for the currently used compressed air would greatly lessen the current exposure to dust during clean up operations. The use of disposable paper or cloth respirators is not suitable for protecting the worker from dust levels. The exposures to carbon-monoxide (630080) and nitrogen oxides can be reduced by turning off engines when not in use.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Cement-industry Control-technology Dust-control Dust-exposure Field-Study Industrial-hygiene Mineral-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-exposure Region-9

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; 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:
  1-52
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00218692
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1982 Sep; :1-52
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• NORA Priority Area:
  Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment ; Research Tools and Approaches ; Control Technology
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:03e4e8c5b2c0fe05f1a26902d8f128d47bf10dad2d08e5c44a2a91ad0fa4acfd8fe21e419beaa50f5d218e32923fdf7d6f47832a6098ffc336c9d3fcae6631af
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180865/cdc_180865_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.35 MB ]