Walk-through survey report at Union Carbide Corporation, Battery Products Division, Edgewater Plant, Cleveland, Ohio. Industrywide study

Technical Report · Thu Apr 02 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6873029

Herrick, R; Leffingwell, S

Worker exposure to manganese (7782505) and particulate materials was determined at Union Carbide Corporation, Battery Products Division (SIC-3692), Edgewater facility in Cleveland, Ohio on January 29, 1980. The facility was under consideration for inclusion in a NIOSH industry wide study of occupational exposure to manganese. Of 600 workers at the facility, about 30 had significant potential for exposure to manganese in the dry cell production process. The facility had medical industrial hygiene and safety programs. New employees were given medical examinations, and periodic physicals were furnished to some employees, depending upon their job and age. Airborne manganese concentrations at the mixer operator's station and near the cell assembly machines were well within the OSHA 15 minute ceiling value of 5 milligrams per cubic meter.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6873029
• Report Number(s): PB-83-103846
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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ELEMENTS
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