bauxite

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

Al2-O3.xH2-O

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

228.10

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Human

DOSE/DURATION :

22 mg/m3/5Y

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - fibrosis, focal (pneumoconiosis)

REFERENCE :

GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,28,1960 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - M0967 No. of Facilities: 446 (estimated) No. of Industries: 17 No. of Occupations: 18 No. of Employees: 7557 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - M0967 No. of Facilities: 291 (estimated) No. of Industries: 6 No. of Occupations: 27 No. of Employees: 5181 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X2641 No. of Facilities: 38 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 4 No. of Employees: 1366 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X9473 No. of Facilities: 8 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 3 No. of Employees: 243 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 21 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X9684 No. of Facilities: 119 (estimated) No. of Industries: 5 No. of Occupations: 13 No. of Employees: 7816 (estimated)