Industrial hygiene survey of the Reynolds Metals, Jones Mill aluminum reduction plant.

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• Personal Author:
  Shuler, Patrick J.
• Description:
  Worker exposures to petroleum pitch volatiles, total and respirable dust, fluorides, carbon-monoxide (630080), and sulfur-dioxide (7446095) were surveyed from March 19 to 23, 1973, at the Reynolds Metals Jones Mill Aluminum Reduction facility (SIC-3341) in Malvern, Arkansas. The company employed about 750 blue and 175 white collar workers, a part time physician and a full time nurse. Preemployment and periodic medical examinations were provided. Respirators and other safety equipment were furnished. General and local ventilation was used throughout the facility. Although analytical problems occurred, exposures to benzene soluble materials exceeded the OSHA standard of 0.2 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/CuM) at all job sites. Dust exposures exceeded the OHSA standard of 15mg/CuM at only one job site. Concentrations of fluorides, carbon-monoxide, and sulfur-dioxide were below respective OSHA standards of 2.5mg/CuM, 50 parts per million (ppm), and 5 ppm. Noise levels exceeded the 90 decibel standard in several areas, but only for short periods of time. The authors recommend engineering controls to reduce exposures to benzene soluble materials, use of respirators, and periodic audiometric testing of workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Monitoring Metal Workers Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-6; Dust-exposure; Metal-workers; Industrial-hygiene; Health-surveys; Safety-engineering; Air-sampling; Standards
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-61
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105643
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82110016
• 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 38-17, 1973 Jul; :1-61
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3341 - Secondary nonferrous metals - (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/233591/cdc_233591_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]