HHE determination report No. HHE-78-028-480, Persolite Products, Inc., Florence, Colorado.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• Description:
  An investigation to evaluate possible hazardous exposure to perlite has been made. Perlite is a generic term for naturally occurring siliceous volcanic rock used in insulation. During its processing free silica (7631869), arsenic (7440382), beryllium (7440417) and lead (7439921) may be present. At the time of this evaluation, all breathing zone air samples of these agents were below the laboratory limit of detection. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation; Air-sampling; Air-quality-measurement; Insulation-materials; Air-contamination; Heavy-metals; Industrial-hygiene; Insulation-industry; Occupational-health; HHE-78-028-480; Region-8; Hazard-Unconfirmed
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080140
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82199647
• 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, HHE 78-028-480, 1978 Apr; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• 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-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/232674/cdc_232674_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]