Serious Mercury Contamination at a Glass Plant Following Extensive Cleanup

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• Personal Author:
  Hall, Ronald M. ; Page, Elena H.
• Description:
  On August 15, 1997, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and health (NIOSH) received a request for a health hazard evaluation from the International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers. The request centered on the concern that employees at a glass plant were exposed to hazardous concentrations of mercury during the manufacture of glass tubing and related maintenance activities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Glass Mercury Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Chemical-inhibition Chemical-reactions Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Fluorescent-lighting Glass-manufacturing-industry Glass-workers Heavy-metals Mercury-compounds Mercury-poisoning

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• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• 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:
  13
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025799
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1998 Dec; 13(12):799-803
• CAS Registry Number:
  Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6)
• Editor(s):
  Tharr D
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5e88f4fa785102efaa09c7440ce35939d71af398711a848f5763fe94c5ea2c8972d0957d311f22a62099824801aec400ce1c77d792779d619f405b4d7f5fcb2e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197020/cdc_197020_DS1.pdf
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