title: An industrial hygiene evaluation of beet sugar processing plants.
abstract: Industrial hygiene surveys were conducted at seven beet sugar processing plants to evaluate worker exposures to chemical contaminants used or generated in the process. Personal air sampling used to evaluate worker exposures showed overexposures to calcium oxide, carbon monoxide, respirable coal dust, sulfur dioxide, and sugar dust. The beet sugar industry is an old industry, lacking engineering controls found in many other industries.
authors.affiliation: Engineering Department, Royal Insurance, Charlotte, NC 28273.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000032:analysis; D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005525:Food-Processing Industry; D009623:Noise, Occupational; D010087:Oxides / Q000032:analysis; D012621:Seasons; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D003031:Coal; D004391:Dust; D010087:Oxides; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; C016538:lime; D002118:Calcium