Evaluation of substitute materials for silica sand in abrasive blasting (Phase 3).

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Abrasive blasters using silica sand are at high risk of developing silicosis. Although NIOSH recommended in 1974 that silica sand be banned in abrasive blasting, it is still the highest used blasting abrasive in the United States. However, little objective data exists regarding the effectiveness, operating costs, and concentrations of health-related agents for abrasive blasting substitutes. This study's objective was to compare silica sand's performance characteristics, operating costs, and airborne and bulk concentrations of thirty health-related agents to seven substitute abrasives (silica sand treated with a dust suppressant, coal slag, copper slag, garnet, nickel slag, staurolite, and steel grit) for data collected in an environmentally-controlled laboratory to a partially- controlled field site. Performance characteristics included: cleaning rate, consumption rate, surface profile, breakdown rate, and abrasive embedment.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Health Surveys Occupational Health Particulate Matter Preceptorship Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Textile Industry

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• Keywords:
  Abrasive Abrasive-blasting Air-sampling Alternatives Arsenic Beryllium Cadmium Chromium Exposure Lead Manganese Nickel Occupation-disease Occupational-safety-and-health Quartz Respiratory-disease Silica-minerals Silver Slags Toxicity

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; 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:
  1-98
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000056
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1999 Mar; :1-98
• CAS Registry Number:
  Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silver (CAS RN 7440-22-4) ; Titanium (CAS RN 7440-32-6) ; Vanadium (CAS RN 7440-62-2) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders ; Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ; Disease and Injury
• Performing Organization:
  KTA-Tator, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c9ea6fc88a192c2205f815b587f235a1a6dea94abf22c114daa5f4846c23d105ce58d71836e794d2f260be01ce0458480f41f3cd1abe154db50643d3762c8445
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180993/cdc_180993_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.22 MB ]