Men's apparel industrywide study at Levi-Strauss and Company, in Maryville, Tennessee.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Nord PJ
• Description:
  Worker exposures to noise and airborne dust were surveyed at Levi Strauss and Company (SIC-5136) in Maryville, Tennessee on October 22, 1974. The company operated one shift per day and manufactured pants and jeans. Out of a total of 900 employees, 800 were production workers engaged in sewing operations. No medical or industrial hygiene programs were implemented, and a first aid room was maintained. There were no pre-employment medical examinations except for vision tests. Solvents or chemicals were not regularly used. Noise levels ranged from 71 to 94 decibels. Light levels were 50 foot candles (fc) in general sewing areas, and auxiliary illumination was 150fc near the sewing machine needle. Total airborne dust concentrations ranged from 0.01 to 0.891 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), which were below the OSHA nuisance dust standard of 15mg/m3. The author recommends the determination of time weighted average noise exposures and of biological effects of fabric fiber inhalation by pulmonary function tests. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor First Aid Irritants Lung Noise Occupational Health Preceptorship Respiratory System Safety Textile Industry

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-4; Air-contamination; Noise-levels; Sewing-machine-operators; First-aid; Textiles; Respiratory-irritants; Pulmonary-function
• 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 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Tennessee
• 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:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106166
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81225302
• 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 46-27, 1974 Oct; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5136 - Men's and boys' clothing - (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/233524/cdc_233524_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]