Respirator Use and Practices in Primary Metal Operations

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• Personal Author:
  Bang KM ; Doney B ; Greskevich, Mark F. ; Groce D ; Syamlal G
• Description:
  In 2001, the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted the Survey of Respirator Use and Practices (SRUP) among 40,000 randomly selected U.S. establishments. The topics surveyed and the data collected included the types of respiratory protection used by workers at an establishment, the types of respirator fit tests performed, and the presence of substances that prompted the decision to use respiratory protection. The findings of the survey raised questions regarding respirator usage practices and how these practices compare with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and NIOSH recommendations.This report focuses on information from the survey for establishments in the Primary Metal Industries, which is comprised of steel works, blast furnaces, rolling and finishing mills; iron and steel foundries; and primary smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (Standard Industrial Classification 33). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Formaldehyde Isocyanates Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Silicon Dioxide Surveys And Questionnaires Welding

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• Keywords:
  Abrasive-blasting Abrasive-grinding Blast-furnaces Formaldehydes Foundries Industrial-environment Metal-fumes Metalworking-industry Questionnaires Regulations Respirators Respiratory-protective-equipment Silica-dusts Smelters Surveillance Welding-industry Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  1547-1411
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  31-32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032507
• Citation:
  Met Prod Process 2007 Mar/Apr; :31-32
• Contact Point Address:
  Brent Doney, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  bdoney@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  33 - Primary Metal Industries - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  Metal Producing & Processing
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186449/cdc_186449_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.36 MB ]