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 data collected included the types of respiratory protection used by workers, 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 about respirator usage, 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, i.e., steel works; blast furnaces; rolling and finishing mills; iron and steel foundries; and primary nonferrous smelters and refineries (Standard Industrial Classification 33). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ferrous Compounds 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 Iron-industry Metal-fumes Metalworking-industry Milling-industry Questionnaires Refineries Regulations Respirators Respiratory-protective-equipment Silica-dusts Smelters Steel-foundries Surveillance Welding-industry Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0360-8999
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032603
• Citation:
  Foundry Manage Technol 2007 Apr; :32,31
• 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
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  33 - Primary Metal Industries - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  Foundry Management & Technology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4a24fc664e20affce694667dfad142c930a9eea6934bb4bc7ad7f78b6907462658ad893b5e52e9bc0413164d12c551bef51a7241cffa6a8bc9f1e989e31d1f60
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186517/cdc_186517_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.47 MB ]