Exposures to Lead, Metals, and Wood Dust During Stripping and Refinishing Furniture

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hall, Ronald M.
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for a Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) from a management official at a furniture finishing company. The request concerned worker exposures to lead and other metal exposures that may result from stripping and refinishing furniture. A survey was conducted to evaluate worker exposures in the furniture stripping shop for lead, other metals, and wood dust during typical wood stripping and refinishing operations. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Dust
  • Interior Design and Furnishings
  • Lead
  • Metals
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Wood
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Occupational-exposure
  • Exposure-levels
  • Lead-compounds
  • Lead-dust
  • Metals
  • Wood-dusts
  • Furniture-industry
  • Work-environment
  • Workers
• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Editor:
  Tharr D
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023918
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2003 Sep; 18(9):639-645
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Tharr D
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195972/cdc_195972_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 107.75 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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