Compound plastics using lead stabilizers

Comments

Three plastics compounders at one plant suffered from severe lead poisoning with blood lead concentrations of 159, 114, and 108 ug/dl. Lead sulfate and lead stearate are two of the lead compounds used to manufacture plastic electrical devices. [Hyperlink]

Job Task Category

Manufacturing

Reference Link

Exposed To

Metals

Diseases

Diseases associated with this job task:

• Birth defects
• Lead, subacute toxic effect
• Spontaneous abortions

Jobs

Jobs associated with this job task:

• Assemblers & Fabricators, All Other
• Chemical Technicians
• Extruding & Drawing Machine Setters/Operators, Metal & Plastic
• Extruding, Forming, Pressing & Compacting Machine Operators
• Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders
• Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
• Molding, Coremaking & Casting Machine Operators, Metal & Plastic
• Packaging and Filling Machine Tenders and Operators
• Packers & Packagers, Hand
• Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic

Industries

Industries associated with this job task:

• All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
• ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING
• Inorganic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing
• MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING
• Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing
• Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing
• Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing
• PLASTICS PRODUCT MANUFACTURING