Industrial hygiene walk-thru survey at Texas Smelting and Refining Division of National Lead Industries, Laredo, Texas.

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• Personal Author:
  Cassady M ; Donaldson, Harry M.
• Description:
  Worker exposure to arsenic (7440382) and antimony (7440360) were determined at Texas Smelting and Refining, Division of National Lead Industries (SIC-3339) in Laredo, Texas from April 21 to 22, 1975. The mill had a safety committee and air samples were collected at irregular intervals. At the time of the survey the antimony-oxide (1327339) facilities were shut down. Eight general area samples were collected next to processes where contamination was the highest. The only significant contamination was antimony (7440360), which exceeded federal standards. The authors note that individual worker exposure to antimony was probably below federal ceilings. They recommend that work clothes be washed at the worksite, and conclude that this mill would be a suitable candidate for an epidemiological study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Metal-refining; Region-6; Health-surveys; Workplace-studies; Air-contamination; Industrial-processes; Control-methods; Occupational-health-programs; Air-sampling
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00107319
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81229999
• 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, IWS 54-10a, 1975 Apr; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Antimony (CAS RN 7440-36-0) ; Antimony oxide (CAS RN 1327-33-9) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3339 - Primary nonferrous metals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• 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/233261/cdc_233261_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]