Health hazard evaluation/toxicity determination report 74-16-272, Marathon Battery Company, Waco, Texas. [Hazards to personnel from nickel and cadmium exposure]

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7051944

Thoburn, T W; Larsen, L R

A health hazard evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH at the Marathon Battery Company in Waco, Texas, acting on a request from an authorized employee representative regarding exposure to dust and fumes in maintenance and production areas in the nickel-cadmium battery assembly factory. The prevailing symptoms among the approximately 60 affected predominantly female employees, was nausea. Environmental evaluation revealed that a potential hazard exists to employees from exposure to nickel and cadmium dusts. Workers in 4 departments showed levels of cadmium and nickel in hair and urine above those found in the control group; workers in 2 of the 4 departments also showed excessive symptomatology and physical findings indicating upper respiratory irritation. Air samples also showed some excessive levels of cadmium and nickel particularly in these same 2 departments. However, medical evaluation of employees failed to demonstrate any apparent serious occupationally induced illness.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7051944
• Report Number(s): PB-277019; NIOSH-TR-74-16-272
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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