Lead exposures among lead burners--Utah, 1991.

In July 1991, concerns about lead exposure among lead burners--workers who solder or weld with lead and, therefore, are exposed to potentially high levels of lead--at a construction site in Utah prompted the national office of the lead burners' local union to contact CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for assistance. On July 10, 1991, NIOSH, under the health-hazard evaluation program, initiated an environmental survey of the workplace and medical evaluations of the lead burners working on-site.