Health hazards from oil, soot and metals at a hot forging operation.
An extensive study of a hot forging operation was performed to characterize and quantitate worker exposures to the aerosol formed by an oil-based die lubricant and it's decomposition products. Total particulate breathing zone levels up to 65 mg/m3 and benzo (a) pyrene levels up to 2.9 mug/m3 were measured.
D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D001580:Benzopyrenes / Q000032:analysis; D002244:Carbon / Q000633:toxicity*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005453:Fluorescence; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008669:Metallurgy; D008670:Metals / Q000633:toxicity*; D008853:Microscopy; D010578:Petroleum / Q000633:toxicity*; D014639:Vanadium / Q000633:toxicity; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D014965:X-Rays
D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D001580:Benzopyrenes; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008670:Metals; D010578:Petroleum; D014639:Vanadium; D002244:Carbon