Utah State Division of Health report of environmental study, Star Brass Foundry and Refining Company, 449 West 8th South, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Larsen, Lee B.
• Description:
  Worker exposures to copper (7440508), zinc (7440666), lead (7439921), and free silica (7831869) were determined at the Star Brass Foundry and Refining Company (SIC-3362) in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 6, and December 23, 1968. The survey was part of a NIOSH health study of the foundry industry in Utah, and was requested by the Utah State Industrial Commission. Air samples for copper, zinc, and lead measured 0.13, 0.72, and 0.07 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/cu m), respectively, compared with the corresponding threshold limit values (TLV's) of 0.1, 15.0, and 0.2mg/cu m. Respirable mass samples of silica dust ranged from 1.35 to 3.41mg/cu m, and contained free silica concentrations of 5 and 17 percent, respectively. Corresponding TLV's were 1.43 and 0.52mg/cu m. The author recommends wetting mold materials, using respirators for appropriate personnel, and more extensive surveying in the future to evaluate dust exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Silicates Dust Environmental Monitoring Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Foundries; Region-8; Foundry-workers; Health-surveys; Worker-health; Metal-dusts; Air-sampling; Silicates; Dust-exposure; Dust-analysis; IWS-40-16e
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00107392
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1968 Jan; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  7831-86-9 ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1968
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3362 - Brass, Bronze, and Copper Foundries - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, Industrial Hygiene Section, 5 pages
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233457/cdc_233457_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]