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HHE Program investigators evaluated concerns about lead exposures and indoor environmental quality problems at an indoor firing range. Investigators found that airflow along and downrange of the firing line did not meet NIOSH recommendations. Investigators found that exposure for one instructor, one shooter, and the hazardous materials technician were above the occupational exposure limits for lead for an 8-hour time-weighted average. Surface wipe and floor vacuum samples detected lead in various places. Investigators recommended installing a ventilation system that can deliver the NIOSH-recommended...
Les écrans à tubes cathodiques sont des déchets dangereux du fait de la présence de plomb, de poudres luminescentes, de baryum, de cadmium et de verres spécifiques. Ces équipements présentent donc un risque chimique particulier pour l'homme et l'environnement. Ce document traite uniquement du risque chimique, l'un des principaux risques dans cette filière. Il s'adresse aux entreprises concernées par les opérations de traitement des écrans à tubes cathodiques (démanteleurs d'écrans...
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) posted a new interactive, Web-based resource to help users identify, monitor, and address harmful overexposures to lead. The web page provides data on cases of elevated levels of lead in the blood of adults, and trends in those cases over time. It also allows users – particularly occupational and environmental health professionals and researchers – to create customized data products from those data. Source : http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-11-03-10.html
Using never before published data, Hazards can reveal tens of thousands of workers are at risk of kidney and heart disease, brain damage, cancer and other serious disorders at the UK's ‘safe' workplace lead exposure limit. Source : http://www.hazards.org/lead/index.htm
The Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Programme evaluated employees' concerns about exposure to lead solder paste and fumes and noise at a printed circuit board manufacturing plant. Investigators found that auto insertion operators' noise exposures were very low. Investigators found lead on employees' hands, on work surfaces, and in a break room. Investigators recommended improving general housekeeping and using engineering controls when removing solder dross and cleaning wave solder machines. Source : http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/2007-0201-3086.pdf
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requests help in preventing injury and illness in workers at indoor firing ranges in the United States. Workers are potentially exposed to hazardous amounts of lead and noise at these ranges. They include thousands of employees at the firing ranges as well as more than a million Federal, State, and local law officers who train regularly at these facilities. In addition to workers, 20 million active target shooters are potentially exposed to lead and noise hazards at indoor firing ranges. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2009-136/
Overexposure to inorganic lead continues to be an important health problem worldwide. Furthermore, recent research has caused increased concerns about the toxicity of lead at low doses. Lead can cause acute and chronic adverse effects in multiple organ systems, ranging from subclinical changes in function to symptomatic, life-threatening intoxication. Since 1992, CDC's state-based Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) program has tracked laboratory-reported elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in U.S. adults. The vast majority (95%) of reported elevated BLLs have been work related...
This event will provide practical advice and guidance on implementing Human Factors within effective management procedures, and give you the opportunity to have open discussion with the HSE on any issues. The event will outline standards that HSE inspectors will be looking for when inspecting Human Factors topics on COMAH and other chemical sites. http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/03/18/blood-lead-exposure-%E2%80%93-latest-figures-for-200708/
A new study in the January issue of Neuropsychology suggests that cumulative lead exposure may result in cognitive problems for workers later in life. According to the study, “Association of Cumulative Lead and Neurocognitive Function in An Occupational Cohort,” both the developing brain and the aging brain can suffer from lead exposure. For older people, a buildup of lead from earlier exposure may be enough to result in greater cognitive problems after age 55. http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/neu23110.pdf
When lead and lead compounds are processed, worked or recovered from scrap or waste they can create lead dust, fume or vapour. This can be absorbed by your body through breathing or swallowing. Exposure to lead can lead to a range of medical problems. http://www.hse.gov.uk/lead/index.htm