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Summary of plant observation reports and evaluation for wood dust.

Authors
Anonymous
Source
Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Contract 210-77-0015, 1978 Jan; :1-102
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
00122928
Abstract
Summaries of observations made during site visits to Weyerhaeuser factories (four sites), Burlington House Furniture, and Myrtle Desk Company were presented. Process operations, involving wood dust exposures (logging and sawmills, furniture and wood products, plywood, paperboard, pulp, paper) are summarized. The factories, engineering controls, work and sanitation practices, air monitoring methods, work safety and medical programs are described.
Keywords
NIOSH-Contract; Contract-210-77-0015; Health-surveys; Plant-dusts; Dust-sampling; Dust-analysis; Lumber-industry; Lumber-industry-workers
Publication Date
19780101
Document Type
Final Contract Report
Funding Type
Contract
Fiscal Year
1978
NTIS Accession No.
PB83-153320
NTIS Price
A07
Identifying No.
Contract-210-77-0015
Source Name
Summary of plant observation reports and evaluation for wood dust
State
MD; CA
Performing Organization
SRI International
Page last reviewed: May 11, 2023
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division