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Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Report No. TA-77-18, KW Battery Division, Skokie, Illinois.

PB82195959

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Belanger, P. L.; Thoburn, T. W.
Page Count	44
Abstract	The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted an environmental/medical survey to determine employees' exposures to inorganic lead at KW Battery Division, Skokie, IL. The survey was accomplished on May 17-19, June 2-3, and August 11-12, 1977. Based on medical results it appears that the bag house rupture occurring sometime in the fall of 1976 led to excessive lead exposure with a number of workers being seen and treated at Cook County Hospital. Review of company lead monitoring data suggests that the majority of workers treated possibly had blood lead values over 60 microgram/100 ml at the time they were seen. Almost none of the workers seen at Cook County were available at the time of the NIOSH study.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Electric batteries Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Lead acid batteries Toxic substances Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories
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, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198216

Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Report No. TA-77-18, KW Battery Division, Skokie, Illinois.

Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Report No. TA-77-18, KW Battery Division, Skokie, Illinois.
PB82195959

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Belanger, P. L.; Thoburn, T. W.
Page Count	44
Abstract	The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted an environmental/medical survey to determine employees' exposures to inorganic lead at KW Battery Division, Skokie, IL. The survey was accomplished on May 17-19, June 2-3, and August 11-12, 1977. Based on medical results it appears that the bag house rupture occurring sometime in the fall of 1976 led to excessive lead exposure with a number of workers being seen and treated at Cook County Hospital. Review of company lead monitoring data suggests that the majority of workers treated possibly had blood lead values over 60 microgram/100 ml at the time they were seen. Almost none of the workers seen at Cook County were available at the time of the NIOSH study.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Electric batteries Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Lead acid batteries Toxic substances Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories
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, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198216