- Part Number:1910
- Part Number Title:Occupational Safety and Health Standards
- Subpart:1910 Subpart Z
- Subpart Title:Toxic and Hazardous Substances
- Standard Number:
- Title:Respiratory Questionnaire for Non-Textile Workers for the Cotton Industry
- GPO Source:
Appendix B-II to § 1910.1043 - Respiratory Questionnaire for Non-Textile Workers for the Cotton Industry

APPENDIX B-II --RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR NON-TEXTILE
WORKERS FOR THE COTTON INDUSTRY
Respiratory Questionnaire for Non-Textile Workers for the
Cotton Industry
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Identification No. Interviewer Code
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Location Date of Interview
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A. IDENTIFICATION
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1. NAME (Last) (First) (Middle Initial)
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2. CURRENT ADDRESS (Number, Street, or Rural Route, City or Town,
County, State, Zip Code)
__________________________________________________________________
3. PHONE NUMBER AREA CODE NO.
(__ __ __)__ __ __-__ __ __ __
4. BIRTHDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
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5. SEX
1. ______ Male 2. ______ Female
6. ETHNIC GROUP OR ANCESTRY (Check all that apply)
1. ____ White
2. ____ Black or African American
3. ____ Asian
4. ____ Hispanic or Latino
5. ____ American Indian or Alaska Native
6. ____ Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
7. STANDING HEIGHT
________________ (in)
8. WEIGHT (lbs)
________________
9. WORK SHIFT
1st ______ 2nd ______ 3rd ______
10. PRESENT WORK AREA
Please indicate primary assigned work area and percent of time spent at that site.
If at other locations, please indicate and note percent of time for each.
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PRIMARY WORK AREA |________________________________________
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_____________________|________________________________________
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SPECIFIC JOB |________________________________________
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_____________________|________________________________________
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11. APPROPRIATE INDUSTRY
1. _____ Garnetting
2. _____ Cottonseed Oil Mill
3. _____ Cotton Warehouse
4. _____ Utilization
5. _____ Cotton Classification
6. _____ Cotton Ginning
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B. OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY TABLE Complete the following table showing the entire work history of the individual from present to initial employment. Sporadic, part-time periods of employment, each of no significant duration, should be grouped if possible. ________________________________________________________________ | | | | | TENURE OF | | AVERAGE | HAZARDOUS HEALTH INDUSTRY | EMPLOYMENT | SPECIFIC | NO. | EXPOSURE ASSOCIATED AND |_____________|OCCUPATION| DAYS | WITH WORK LOCATION | | | | WORKED |____________________ | FROM | TO | | PER | | | |(year)|(year)| | WEEK | YES | NO | IF YES, | | | | | | | DESCRIBE _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ | | | | | | | _________|______|______|__________|_________|_____|____|_________ C. SYMPTOMS Use actual wording of each question. Put X in appropriate square after each question. When in doubt record "No.". COUGH 1. Do you usually cough first thing in the morning? (on 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No getting up)* (Count a cough with first smoke or on "first going out of doors". Exclude clearing throat or a single cough.) 2. Do you usually cough during 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No the day or at night? (Ignore an occasional cough.)
If YES to either 1 or 2: 3. Do you cough like this on days 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No for as much as three months a 3. ____ NA year? 4. Do you cough on any particular 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No day of the week? If YES: 5. Which day? Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. _____ PHLEGM 6. Do you usually bring up any 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No phlegm from your chest first thing in the morning? (on getting up)* (Count phlegm with the first smoke or on "first going out of doors." Exclude phlegm from the nose. Count swallowed phlegm. 7. Do you usually bring up any 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No phlegm from your chest during the day or at night? (Accept twice or more.) If YES to either question 6 or 7: 8. Do you bring up phlegm like 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No this on most days for as much as three months each year?
If YES to question 3 or 8:
9. How long have you had this (1) ____ 2 years or less
phlegm? (2) ____ More than 2 years - 9 years
(cough) (3) ____ 10-19 years
(Write in number of years) (4) ____ 20+ years
*These words are for subjects who work at night.
CHEST ILLNESS
10. In the past three years, have (1) ____ No
you had a period of
(increased) cough and phlegm (2) ____ Yes, only one period
lasting for 3 weeks or more?
(3) ____ Yes, two or more periods
For subjects who usually have
phlegm:
11. During the past 3 years have 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
you had any chest illness
which has kept you off work,
indoors at home or in bed?
(For as long as one week, flu?)
If YES to 11:
12. Did you bring up (more) 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
phlegm than usual in any of
these illnesses?
13. Only one such illness with 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
increased phlegm?
If YES to 12: During the past three
years have you had:
14. More than one such illness: 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
Br. Grade _____________
TIGHTNESS
15. Does your chest ever feel 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
tight or your breathing
become difficult?
16. Is your chest tight or your 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
breathing difficult on any
particular day of the week?
(after a week or 10 days away
from the mill)
17. If `Yes': Which day? (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Mon. ^ Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun.
(1) / \ (2)
Sometimes Always
18. If YES Monday:
At what time on Monday _____ Before entering mill
does your chest feel tight or
your breathing difficult? _____ After entering mill
(Ask only if NO to Question (15))
19. In the past, has your chest ever 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
been tight or your breathing
difficult on any particular day of
the week?
20. If `Yes': Which day? (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Mon. ^ Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun.
(1) / \ (2)
Sometimes Always
BREATHLESSNESS
21. If disabled from walking by any condition
other than heart or lung disease put "X" in
the space and leave questions (22-30)
unasked. _________
22. Are you ever troubled by shortness of
breath, when hurrying on the level or
walking up a slight hill? 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
If NO, grade is 1. If YES, proceed to next
question.
23. Do you get short of breath walking with 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
other people at an ordinary pace on the
level?
If NO, grade is 2. If YES, proceed to next
question.
24. Do you have to stop for breath when 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
walking at your own pace on the level?
If NO, grade is 3. If YES, proceed to next
question.
25. Are you short of breath on washing or 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
dressing?
If NO, grade is 4, If YES, grade is 5
26. Dyspnea Grd. __________________
ON MONDAYS:
27. Are you ever troubled by shortness of 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
breath, when hurrying on the level or
walking up a slight hill?
If NO, grade is 1, If YES, proceed to next
question.
28. Do you get short of breath walking with 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
other people at an ordinary pace on the
level?
If NO, grade is 2, If YES, proceed to next
question.
29. Do you have to stop for breath when 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
walking at your own pace on the level?
If NO, grade is 3, If YES, proceed to next
question.
30. Are you short of breath on washing or 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
dressing?
If NO, grade is 4, If YES, grade is 5
B. Grd. ___________________
OTHER ILLNESSES AND ALLERGY HISTORY
32. Do you have a heart condition for which 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
you are under a doctor's care??
33. Have you ever had asthma? 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
If yes, did it begin:
(1) Before age 30 ______
(2) After age 30 ______
34. If yes before 30: did you have asthma 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
before ever going to work in a textile
mill?
35. Have you ever had hay fever or other 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
allergies (other than above)?
TOBACCO SMOKING
36. Do you smoke? 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
Record Yes if regular smoker up to one
month ago. (Cigarettes, cigar or pipe)
If NO to (33).
37. Have you ever smoked? 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
(Cigarettes, cigars, pipe. Record NO if
subject has never smoked as much as one
cigarette a day, or 1 oz. of tobacco a
month, for as long as one year.)
If YES to (33) or (34); what have you smoked for how many years?
(Write in specific number of years in the appropriate square)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
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| | | | | | | | | | |
| Years |< 5 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | >40 |
|__________|____|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|Cigarettes| | | | | | | | | | (38)
|__________|____|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|Pipe | | | | | | | | | | (39)
|__________|____|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|Cigars | | | | | | | | | | (40)
|__________|____|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|
41. If cigarettes, how many packs per
day? ___________________
Write in number of cigarettes
_____ Less than 1/2 pack
_____ 1/2 pack, but less than 1 pack
_____ 1 pack, but less than 1 1/2 packs
_____ 1-1/2 packs or more
42. Number of pack years: ______________
43. If an ex-smoker (Cigarettes, cigar or
pipe), how long since you stopped? (Write
in number of years.) ______________
_____ 0-1 year
_____ 1-4 years
_____ 5-9 years
_____ 10+ years
OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY
Have you ever worked in:
44. A foundry? 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
(As long as one year)
45. Stone or mineral mining, quarrying 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
or
processing?
(As long as one year)
46. Asbestos milling or processing? 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
(Ever)
47. Cotton or cotton blend mill? 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
(For controls only)
48. Other dusts, fumes or smoke? 1. ____ Yes 2. ____ No
If yes, specify.
Type of exposure ___________________________
Length of exposure _________________________
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[43 FR 27394, June 23, 1978; 43 FR 35035, Aug. 8, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 67340, Oct. 10, 1980; 50 FR 51173, Dec. 13, 1985; 51 FR 24325, July 3, 1986; 54 FR 24334, June 7, 1989; 61 FR 5508, Feb. 13, 1996; 63 FR 1290, Jan. 8, 1998; 65 FR 76567, Dec. 7, 2000; 70 FR 1142, Jan. 5, 2005; 71 FR 16672, 16673, Apr. 3, 2006; 71 FR 50189, Aug. 24, 2006; 73 FR 75586, Dec. 12, 2008; 76 FR 33609, June 8, 2011; 77 FR 17782, Mar. 26, 2012; 84 FR 21502, May 14, 2019]