Occupational and Take-Home Lead Poisoning Associated with Restoring Chemically Stripped Furniture—California, 1998

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Materna, Barbara L.
• Description:
  The Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) of the California Department of Health Services and a county health department investigated cases of lead poisoning in six furniture workers and their families in 1998. The investigation, initiated after a blood test of a worker's child revealed an elevated blood lead level (BLL), found that lead remaining in previously painted or coated stripped wood was carried from the workplace on clothes and shoes and was the source of the child's lead exposure and subsequent poisoning. Employers in industries in which workers restore or build using stripped wood should assess lead exposure and, when necessary, should establish a comprehensive lead safety program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Interior Design And Furnishings Lead Lead Poisoning Metals Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Children Furniture-repair Furniture-workers Heavy-metal-poisoning Heavy-metals Lead-compounds Lead-poisoning
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031742
• Citation:
  MMWR 2001 Apr; 50(13):246-248
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:89d6f834d52e3fb3576357b19794d98b22fb8e596cf1d31288180ace9de88142a799ad0e5fcc9c6d7c02e83a5ff753683e3e4bb65f0e570049379416bac862ce
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183215/cdc_183215_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 37.51 KB ]