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.- Summary eevee beeen SS Referecn e ec eee ces e ee eee rar ae ee ee tenes Appendix .. e ccc cece ccc cece eee cece ene cee eee e pee ee eeeeee 1 225 225 225 12 12 17 26 28 29 36 38 41 41 41 46 52 59 60 60 65 74 74 86 86 90 93 93 97 100 INTRODUCTION Several investigations have indicated that significant asbestos expo- sure may occur during brake maintenance and 1979 Rohl et al 1976 Hickish and Knight repair 1970 work Nicholson Limited studies have suggested that exposure may be associated with the risk of asbes- induced disease including both pulmonary asbestosis and asbes- associated cancer Lorimer et al 1976 Greenberg and Davies 1974 These limited reports do not however indicate whether the risk of associated disease of importance because over one is common or uncommon The question is million workers are regularly or inter- mittently engaged in vehicle maintenance work in the United States at this time Bureau of Labor Statistics 1979 Additionally a large number of other workers were formally engaged in such work in the past and now are either retired or employed otherwise It is estimated that 4,940,000 individuals are currently alive with such current or past employment Nicholson et al 1982 There are several sources of asbestos exposure to garage mechanics and automobile repairmen First of course is that the asbestos exposure from the debris of brake or clutch lining wear particularly when the brake or clutch housing are cleaned using a high pressure air hose Second garage mechanics of autobody filler and may be at finally risk from exposures during the use asbestos dust can be disseminated during mixing and application of undercoating materials each of which has contained the fiber in previous years In order to determine the extent of the asbestos risk from garage maintenance work NIOSH has contracted with the Environmental Sciences Laboratory to conduct a clinical examination of garage mech- anics The examination was to focus specifically upon those manifesta- tions of function asbestos disease such as ray deficits that would elucidate abnormalities the possible and pulmonary effects from exposure to asbestos in garage cmployment MATERIALS AND METHODS STUDY POPULATION The study population for this project consisted of members of the following work union groups who routinely performed brake maintenance repair 1 Local 259 of the United Automobile Workers UAW whose members were employed in commercial garages in New York New Jersey and Connnecticut Also included were all pensioners maintaining vested rights in a program administered by the Local 2 Local 246 of the Service Employees International Union SEIU employed in New York City municipal garages The unexposed of control population for the above brake workers consisted 1 Local 259 members and pensioners employed currently or previously in parts warehouses New York City and amphibious vehicle con- struction in Stamford Connecticut and Schenectady New York 2 District Council 37 DC 37 Municipal State and Federal Employees Union members employed in New York City as motor vehicle operators or traffic device repairmen The above groups were selected prior to the beginning of the project as the study and control groups for determining the effects of possible asbestos exposure on workers engaged in brake maintenance and repair work The control groups were chosen because of membership in the same union and similar employment circumstances but without brake mainten- ance work As the study control population had had progressed it was found that many of the exposure to asbestos in other circumstances such as shipyard work and that fewer DC 37 members were participating in the examination than was initially expected Thus in consultation with the project officer it was decided to add the rays to be taken in examinations of Local to the control groups 595 UAW members em- ployed in production maintenance jobs in an automobile body construction facility in Linden New Jersey These workers were to be examined for effects of lead exposure associated with their work in an examination April 7-10 1980.

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