The efficiency of protective hoods used by sandblasters to reduce silica dust exposure.

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• Personal Author:
  Neilson A ; Samimi B ; Weill H ; Ziskind M
• Description:
  Several types of respiratory protective hoods used by sandblasters are studied in two steel fabrication yards. MSA Gravimetric Dust Samplers are used to collect respirable dust samples outside and inside hoods during sandblasting. Colorimetric and X-ray diffraction techniques are applied to the samples for free silica determination. Workers wearing various types of air supplied hoods are exposed to an average level of silica (7631869) dust several times higher than the threshold limit value. Workers wearing nonair supplied hoods are found to be at the greatest risk. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Lung Diseases Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Personal-protective-equipment; Dust-control; Abrasive-blasting; Respiratory-protection; Dust-sampling; Analytical-methods; Dust-inhalation; Lung-disorders
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00036279
• Citation:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-000387, 1974 Feb; :1-18
• Contact Point Address:
  Medicine Tulane University 1430 Tulane Avenue New Orleans, LA 70112
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19710601
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19740831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/245967/cdc_245967_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]