A general industrial hygiene survey of the Government Printing Office Washington, D. C.

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• Personal Author:
  Humphreys CM ; Oser JL
• Description:
  General industrial hygiene survey conducted in 28 sections of the Government Printing Office to assess the health aspects of the working environment. The results indicate that although a number of potentially hazardous materials are used, the existing controls, procedures and awareness provide a healthful work environment for most of the areas surveyed. Recommendations are made for the control and detection of lead poisoning, noise control, ventilation and air sampling. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Environmental Monitoring Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Printing Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Printing-industry; Industrial-hygiene; Noise-control; Preventive-medicine; Accident-prevention; Audiometry; Ventilation-systems; Control-measures; Air-quality-measurements
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00020354
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1967 Apr; :0
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1967
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, National Center for Urban and Industrial Health, Report No. TR-41, 36 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241699/cdc_241699_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]