Mortality Among Hardmetal Production Workers: Occupational Exposures

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• Personal Author:
  Buchanich, Jeanine M. ; Esmen, Nurtan A. ; Kennedy, Kathleen J. ; Marsh, Gary M. ; Sleeuwenhoek, Anne J. ; Zimmerman, Sarah
• Description:
  Objective: To generate quantitative exposure estimates for use in retrospective occupational cohort mortality studies of the hardmetal industry. Methods: Job-exposure matrices (JEMs) were constructed for cobalt, tungsten, and nickel over the time period 1952 to 2014. The JEMs consisted of job class categories, based on job titles and processes performed, and exposure estimates calculated from available company industrial hygiene measurements. Results: Exposure intervals of one-half order magnitude were established for all three agents. Eight job classes had significantly decreasing time trends for cobalt exposure; no significant time trends were detected for tungsten or nickel exposures. Conclusions: The levels of exposures determined for this study were similar to or lower than those previously reported for the hardmetal industry during the 1952 to 2014 study period. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Metal Workers Mortality Nickel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Tungsten
• Keywords:
  Cobalt Hard Metals Hard Metal Workers JEM Job Exposure Matrix Metal Industry Workers Mortality Rates Occupational Exposure
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063553
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2017 Dec; 59(12):e297-e305
• Email:
  kkenne4@uic.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cobalt (CAS RN 7440-48-4) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Tungsten (CAS RN 7440-33-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d4c73e14b8d346a7a8e026bca7e781571ee6a72cfc9fc9c549ff4b919e101f9a35684765ed9158fd2e9c797f8a673e513c4c2e5905f9384261aebbc2d3606bf2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222141/cdc_222141_DS1.pdf
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