Preliminary industrial hygiene surveys at bakeries.

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• Personal Author:
  Palmer A ; Zumwalde, Ralph D.
• Description:
  Health and working conditions at four bakeries (SIC-2051) in San Francisco, California, were surveyed on September 17 and 18, 1975. The number of employees at the bakeries varied from 15 to 130. All bakeries had first aid facilities and safety programs. Exposure to airborne flour dust represented only a minimal health risk. Radiant heat around ovens was tolerable and areas around ovens were seldom occupied by employees. Polyvinyl-chloride (9002862) (PVC) exposure was minimal due to automated packaging. Yeast or fungi exposure could not be quantitated. Only a few complaints of flour dust irritation were reported. The author recommends that the etiology of reported respiratory problems among workers exposed to flour dusts be determined before an environmental protocol for the baking industry is established. He suggests that quantification of flour dust exposure may be more appropriate for grain elevators and mills. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Particulate Matter Preceptorship Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-10; Health-surveys; Workplace-studies; Air-contamination; Industrial-processes; Control-methods; Occupational-health-programs; Airborne-dusts; Risk-factors
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:00107237
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81229122
• 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 55-10, 1975 Sep; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Poly(vinyl chloride) (CAS RN 9002-86-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2051 - Bread, cake, and related products - (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/233537/cdc_233537_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]