Clearing the Air in Foundries

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• Personal Author:
  Diether JW
• Description:
  Foundries are one environment where the potential for hazardous airborne exposure is great. Without intervention, silica dust and fumes from various molten metals, such as lead, nickel, and chromium, can cause serious health problems. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Aluminum Silicates Dust Environmental Monitoring Metal Workers Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-monitoring Air-quality Air-quality-measurement Air-quality-monitoring Airborne-dusts Airborne-fibers Airborne-particles Dust-control Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Dust-particles Dust-suppression Foundries Foundry-workers Silica-dusts Silicates Silicosis

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• ISSN:
  0891-1797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  54-56
• Volume:
  160
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030633
• Citation:
  Safe Health 1999 Nov; 16(5):89
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:15fc35d76dfa94ec1c52f3b197df7580a9f239fa2394c8600e004d2470761f6c358ac82cdb495c7581e0c969e7810696c357835536b82c0f95b78c2f3beb4f82
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191176/cdc_191176_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 438.23 KB ]