Health Hazards Evaluation Report HETA 94-0078-2660, Center to Protect Worker'sRights, Washington, D.C

摘要

In December 1993, the Natinal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health(NIOSH) received a request from the Center to Protect Workers' Rights in Washington, D.C., to evaluate construction worker exposures and potential health effects associated with dusts generated by drywall finishing during renovation activities. In response to this request, personal breath zone (PBZ) samples were collected on two workers as they performed drywall sanding at an office building (Machinists Union Building) in Washington, D.C. and eight workers as they performed drywall sanding at a low-income public housing apartment complex (Ellicott Towers) in Buffalo New York.