The Influence of Task and Location on Solvent Exposures in a Printing Plant

Hansen, Doan J.; Whitehead, Lawrence W.

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“…In the few studies published to date on task-based exposure assessment, the term ''task'' is defined implicitly, by example, rather than explicitly [Hansen and Whitehead, 1988;Burkhart et al, 1993;Nicas and Spear, 1993;Susi and Schneider, 1993;Greenspan et al, 1995;Susi and Schneider, 1995]. The OSHA standard also does not define task, although it provides more than 30 examples of tasks.…”

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A task-based approach to assessing lead exposure among iron workers engaged in bridge rehabilitation

et al. 1997

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The assessment of worker exposures to airborne contaminants in the dynamic environment present at most construction sites poses considerable challenges to the industrial hygienist. In this study, we applied a task‐based approach to the assessment of lead exposure among structural steel iron workers engaged in a large, complex bridge rehabilitation project. We evaluated the usefulness of task‐based exposure data for the development of worker protection programs. Task‐specific and multitask samples were collected, and operation‐specific and 8‐hr time‐weighted averages were calculated. The task‐specific data showed significant differences in exposure levels among different tasks. Arithmetic mean exposures varied from 1,357 μg/m3 lead for torch cutting and 989 μg/m3 for scaling to 31 μg/m3 for reaming and 4 μg/m3 for drilling. Our task‐specific data were compared with the task‐based exposure levels presented by OSHA in its Lead Exposure in Construction‐Interim Final Rule (29 CFR 1926). There was good general agreement between our results and OSHA's reported data. Task‐based data were very useful in exposure assessment and much more precise than full‐shift and operation‐based measurements in guiding strategies for worker protection. These findings suggest that task‐based data should routinely be collected in evaluating exposure to lead and perhaps other toxic substances in construction work. Am. J. Ind. Med. 31:310–318, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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A task-based approach to assessing lead exposure among iron workers engaged in bridge rehabilitation

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“…Thus the job-exposure estimate would be based on a taskexposure matrix (12) rather than on a job-exposure matrix (13,14). A task-based modeling approach has been suggested for several occupational and environmental exposures (15)(16)(17)(18)(19). As concerns mechanical exposures, task-based modeling has been used to assess energy expenditure at work (20,21), vibration (22), work postures (23)(24)(25), and low-back load in existing (26) and hypothetical jobs (27).…”

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Task-based estimation of mechanical job exposure in occupational groups

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Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…So far, some researchers have reported the use of statistical models to predict occupational exposures. Several studies were undertaken for industrial hygiene purposes (8)(9)(10)(11)(12). In some studies historical exposure was modeled by job, department, production process, and the like for application in epidemiologic exposure-response analyses (8,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17).…”

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