Environmental Exposure to Airborne Contaminants in the Antimony Industry 1975–1976

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• Personal Author:
  Cassady M ; Donaldson, Harry M.
• Description:
  Exposure to antimony (7440360) and related contaminants was investigated at three major U.S. antimony production facilities. Air samples from each company were collected and analyzed by atomic absorption spectrometry. Antimony concentrations at the three facilities were above the current OSHA unit of 0.5 milligrams per cubic meter. Concentrations of arsenic (7440382) also exceeded the current standard of 0.010 milligrams per cubic meter. In two of the companies, bagging operations were the largest areas of exposure. The authors suggest that controlling airborne antimony to 0.5 milligrams per cubic meter may help to reduce arsenic concentrations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Carcinogens Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Occupational Health Poisoning Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-pollution Carcinogenesis Industrial-factory-worker Industrial-processes Metal-refining Metallic-poisons NIOSH-Author Respiratory-system-disorders Standards Work-environment
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  1-24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00094206
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-175862
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 79-140, 1979 Aug; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Antimony (CAS RN 7440-36-0) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e7ad0eb12752b9685ad79753240dc4ba2a231916e0e16eeb2b61b29d1a9b25050fc2664a50231a036a7c7b354654b354db081ab943bd7fc10d75f2469fdd8f0c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209373/cdc_209373_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.57 MB ]