Medical survey of Plymouth Rubber Company, at Canton, Massachusetts.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Spiegel RM
• Description:
  A medical survey was conducted at the Plymouth Rubber Company (SIC- 3069) in Canton, Massachusetts, from May 24 to 26, 1972. Sixty two workers exposed to talc (14807966) in the band room were examined for pneumoconiosis. The presence of dyspnea, clubbing, restrictive spirometry, rales, and abnormal X-ray evidence was investigated. Five workers with 5 or less exposure years had restrictive spirometry and four workers with 5 to 11 exposure years had abnormal X-rays. No rales, clubbing, or dyspneas were found in any of the workers. Some incidental pulmonary problems were present. None of the workers had three of the five symptoms necessary for a diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. The author concludes that there were no definite cases of this respiratory disease among workers at this facility. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Silicates Dust Health Surveys Occupational Health Preceptorship Respiratory Function Tests Rubber Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-1; Rubber-industry; Health-survey; Mineral-dusts; Silicates; Dust-analysis; Dust-exposure; Pulmonary-function-tests; IWS-36-11b
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106058
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81229932
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1972 Jan; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Talc (Mg3H2(SiO3)4) (CAS RN 14807-96-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3069 - Fabricated rubber products, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio, Medical Investigations Branch, Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations, 7 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/233595/cdc_233595_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]