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FILE NAME: State Industrial Hygiene Surveys (SIHS) DATE: 1938 DOC#: SIHS004 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Virginia Industrial Hygiene Survey
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7 rir n 'ht Strut' D ep a rtm en t o, H ealth
T a b i .i. 5 0 --Expected niti/iher or persons in / irpim a exposed
Kxpi cted number of persons
M aterials
Total
Coal mines
L'.xtrac-
tion of Chemical
minerals and
(other than
allied
coal)
Cigar and tobacco
Clay, glass and stone
Cloth ing
1930 census data .............. 222,259 13,846
Acids, o rganic..
. .
Acids, mineral.
Accelerators ...........................
A l d e h y d e s ...................................
Alkaline compounds ..............
Arsenic and its compounds..
Other chemicals ................
Chromium and its compounds
Coal tar products...................
C v a n i d e s .....................................
Asbestos d u s t ............................
Coal dust (bituminous)...
Coal dust (anthracite)
Silica d u s t .............................. *.
Silicate d u s t ...............................
Non siliceous d u s t ....................
Organic d u s t ..............................
D y e s ...........................................
Dermatitis producers...............
F l u o r i d e s .....................................
Carbon monoxide.....................
Hydrogen sulphide...................
Sulphur dioxide.........................
O ther gases................................
Lead and its .compounds ...
Mercurv and its compounds
O ther m e t a l s ............................
Hides ...........
................
I n f e c t i o n s ..................................
I n k s ..............................................
Lacquer and varnishes............
M e d i c i n a l s ..................................
Oils, fats, and w a x es ..............
Organic solvents.......................
Paints and enamels.................
Petroleum products.................
Inorganic salts..........................
Sulphur and alkaline sulphides
2,333 3,646
529 6
8,400 501
3,985 323 999
1,114 343
24,107 487
16,285 40,759
9,473 57,201
2,753 10,648
163 23,554
1,967 12,827 15,003 13,574
741 24,635
298 2,838 2,559 3,372
305 4,817 19,540 5,211 34,090 7,621 1.088
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3 ,486 18.068 13,414
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903 2,331
0 0 3,234 361 i , 4:>/ 0 416 903 0 1,120 0 416 2,421 2,81*9 3,017 145 1,427 163 2,782 1,482 1,409 3,885 795 741 687 18 416 54 361 235 1,192 3,975
.434 2,475 4,047
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Industrial Hygiene Problems
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to the indicated materials based on data obtained in the survey
EXPOSED TO INDICATED MATERIAL IN TYPES OF INDUSTRIES SHOWN
Food and allied
Iron and steel
Metal indus tries (except iron and steel)
Leather
Lumber and furni ture
Paper and
printing
Textiles
Miscel
laneous manu facturing indus tries
Domes tic arid persona s e n ice
12,739 66,563 1,020 5,548 26,951 9,766 18,452 10,787 (3,6i*io a
522 242
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M a teria ls
Number of workers m plants surveyed*
Acids, organic....................................... Acids, mineral...................................... Alkaline compounds........................... Other chemicals ................................. Chromium and its compounds Coal tar p r o d u c t s .............................. C y a n i d e s .............................................. V" Asb'estos d u s t ....................................... Coal dust (bituminous)................ Coal dust (anthracite)....................... Silica dust ............................................ Silicate d u s t .......................................... Non-siliccous d u s t ............................... Organic d u s t ......................................... Dermatitis producers......................... Carbon monoxide................................ Sulphur dioxide................................... Other g a s e s ......................................... Lead and its compounds.............. Other m eta ls .. . . ; ............................... I n k s....................................................... Lacquer and varnishes...................... Oils, (ats, and waxes.................... Organic solvents................................ Paints and enamels............................. Petroleum products................... Inorganic salts...................................
T a b l e 20-- Iron and steel--
N um ber and perccvtace of
All Iron and steel
plants
Agricultural implements
Automobile bodies
10,947
134
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No.
%
No.
o,r0 No.
C/V0
9 47 216 38
9 46 20 53 1,220
3 1,424 1,919
211 1,036
377 2,321 1,362
841 i ,433 3,134
13 239
19 1,300
695 3,792
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Exposures to specified materials
WORKERS EXPOSED TO THE SPECIFIED MATERIAL IN EACH INDUSTRIAL SUBDIVISION
Blast furnaces and steel rolling mills
43
Car and i ailroad shops
6,261
Foundries 2,333
Ship and boat building
349
YVaeon and
carriage
209
Other iron, stce! and machinery
1,501
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