Comparison of Occupational Exposures Among Painters Using Three Alternative Blasting Abrasives

Abstract

Column Editor Lawrence F. Mazzuckelli

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors wish to thank the New Jersey Department of Transportation, especially Ralph Baliunas and Atta Najem, for their cooperation and assistance with this project.

We also acknowledge the valued input of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades and other participants on our project research team, including the painting contractor and industrial hygiene consultant.

This work was funded by the Center to Protect Workers' Rights.

For more information, contact, Pam Susi at 856-985-9300, [email protected].

The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIOSH.

Notes

Column Editor Lawrence F. Mazzuckelli

^A For samples below limit of detection (LOD), a value of one-half the LOD was assigned in lieu of analyte mass, then divided by sample volume

^B p-value < 0.05 for test of equal geometric means between Specular Hematite and Coal Slag (one-way ANOVA using log-transformed data)

^C p-value < 0.05 for test of equal geometric means between Coal Slag and Steel Grit

^D p-value < 0.05 for test of equal geometric means between Specular Hematite and Steel Grit

^E Geometric means for Cr (VI) not compared due to differing laboratory analysis methods between years