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Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Report No. TA 77-52, Jay Instruments and Specialty Company Cincinnati, Ohio.

PB278968

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Price, J.; Wisseman, C. J.
Page Count	22
Abstract	A Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance survey was conducted by NIOSH on July 1 and 6-7, 1977 at the thermometer fabrication, assembly, and shipping and receiving areas of the Jay Instruments and Specialty Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. The survey was requested by the management as a follow-up to a Health Hazard Evaluation conducted April 1976. Employee exposures to mercury were within 80% of the NIOSH recommended standard, but there was evidence of continuous increased absorption of mercury as demonstrated by the fact that 4 of 9 24-hour urine specimens showed mercury levels in the 0.050-0.100 milligrams per liter range. Although this is not generally considered hazardous, it does indicate significant absorption of mercury and points out the need for medical monitoring. The company made significant progress in controlling employee exposure to inorganic mercury, however, additional effort must be made to reduce this exposure by improving ventilation, personal hygiene and work practices, and biological and environmental monitoring.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Industrial medicine Metals Mercury(Metal) Toxicity Criteria Inspection Standards Recommendations Industrial hygiene Industrial atmospheres Concentration(Composition) Medical examination Environmental engineering Temperature measuring instruments Toxicology Preventive medicine Ohio Air pollution Occupational safety and health Toxic substances Maximum permissible exposure level Jay Instruments and Speciality Company Cincinnati(Ohio) Thermometers Threshold limit values
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197814

Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Report No. TA 77-52, Jay Instruments and Specialty Company Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Report No. TA 77-52, Jay Instruments and Specialty Company Cincinnati, Ohio.
PB278968

Publication Date	1977
Personal Author	Price, J.; Wisseman, C. J.
Page Count	22
Abstract	A Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance survey was conducted by NIOSH on July 1 and 6-7, 1977 at the thermometer fabrication, assembly, and shipping and receiving areas of the Jay Instruments and Specialty Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. The survey was requested by the management as a follow-up to a Health Hazard Evaluation conducted April 1976. Employee exposures to mercury were within 80% of the NIOSH recommended standard, but there was evidence of continuous increased absorption of mercury as demonstrated by the fact that 4 of 9 24-hour urine specimens showed mercury levels in the 0.050-0.100 milligrams per liter range. Although this is not generally considered hazardous, it does indicate significant absorption of mercury and points out the need for medical monitoring. The company made significant progress in controlling employee exposure to inorganic mercury, however, additional effort must be made to reduce this exposure by improving ventilation, personal hygiene and work practices, and biological and environmental monitoring.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Industrial medicine Metals Mercury(Metal) Toxicity Criteria Inspection Standards Recommendations Industrial hygiene Industrial atmospheres Concentration(Composition) Medical examination Environmental engineering Temperature measuring instruments Toxicology Preventive medicine Ohio Air pollution Occupational safety and health Toxic substances Maximum permissible exposure level Jay Instruments and Speciality Company Cincinnati(Ohio) Thermometers Threshold limit values
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197814