Exposures to Metalworking Fluids in Small-Size Machine Shops – a Study in Progress

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• Personal Author:
  Catalano JD ; Glaser, Robert A. ; Hughes, Robert T. ; Kent MB ; Piacitelli, Gregory M. ; Sieber, W. Karl
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is conducting an industrial hygiene survey of 60 small-business machining shops using metalworking fluids (MWFs) to assess the range of worker exposures associated with a variety of existing engineering controls. Shops are being selected for study that represent a range of sizes, machining operations, machine age, fluid types, and engineering controls. Field visits are being conducted between January and October 1997 and last up to 2 days per facility. Full-shift personal and area samples for inhalable and thoracic particulates are being collected and analyzed for the "total mass" and the "MWF mass" concentrations. This paper includes preliminary results only for the personal samples collected during the initial 28 field visits. These results indicated that 92% of all total mass concentrations are below 1.0 mg/cubic m. Differences were observed in the total and MWF mass concentrations by operation type and by fluid type. In general, the highest inhalable particulate mass concentrations (for both the total and MWF mass fractions) were associated with straight fluids. Grinding operations were associated with the highest average total mass concentrations, while turning operations had the highest MWF mass concentrations. For most samples collects, the "MWF mass" contribution was about 50% of the total mass. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Dust Engineering Environmental Monitoring Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Aerosol-particles Control-technology Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Dust-measurement Dust-particles Dust-sampling Engineering-controls Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Grinding-equipment Grinding-mills Metal-industry-workers Metal-workers Metalworking Metalworking-fluids Metalworking-industry Particulate-dust Particulate-sampling-methods Particulates Respirable-dust Statistical-analysis Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• ISBN:
  1893348008
• Publisher:
  American Automobile Manufacturers Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Michigan ; New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  168-172
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027526
• Citation:
  Metalworking Fluids Symposium II, The Industrial Metalworking Environment: Assessment and Control of Metal Removal Fluids. September 15-17, 1997, Detroit, Michigan. DA Felinski, JB D'ARcy, eds., Washington, DC: American Automobile Manufacturers Association, 1998 Sep; :168-172
• Contact Point Address:
  4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45226
• Editor(s):
  Felinski DA; D'Arcy JB
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Metalworking Fluids Symposium II, The Industrial Metalworking Environment: Assessment and Control of Metal Removal Fluids. September 15-17, 1997, Detroit, Michigan
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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