Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 95-0244-2550: Arkansas Aluminum Alloys, Inc., Hot Springs, Arkansas

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• Personal Author:
  Kiefer, Max ; Salisbury, Stanley A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a confidential employee request, an evaluation was begun into exposure to contaminants during scrap aluminum recycling operations at the Arkansas Aluminum Alloy, Inc. (SIC-3341), Hot Springs, Arkansas. The health problems noted included nausea, dizziness, and tingling in the fingers at the furnace and product stacking stations. The facility was a secondary aluminum smelter which employed about 165 workers. Full shift and activity specific personal breathing zone air sampling was conducted. Personal air monitoring did not show an inhalation exposure hazard for the workers during the period studied. Improved work practices over the past including engineering enhancements through the use of additional ventilation had also served to reduce metal dust and fume concentrations. There were heat overloads at the furnaces, but these were based on continuous work at these monitoring stations. It was deemed unlikely that workers remained at these stations for 60 continuous minutes. There was a high level of attention given to safety and health by management and employees. The authors conclude that exposures to contaminants were below the relevant criteria at the time of this study
  
  however, excessive heat loads were measured at some locations. The authors recommend specific measures to improve the heat stress management at the site and to provide respiratory protection for the workers.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Compounds Digestive System Diseases Dust Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Aluminum Aluminum-industry Carbon Monoxide Hazard-Unconfirmed Heat-stress Heat Stress Metal-dusts Metal-fumes Metal Fume Metallurgical-processes Nausea NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 6 Secondary Smelting And Refining Of Nonferrous Metals Smelters WBGT

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9502442550
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  30 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Freeman, Andy
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00231089
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB96-210067
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 95-0244-2550, 1995 Dec ; :1-30
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3341 - Secondary nonferrous metals - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9e9b73875d2f8cae0a3c3582b1686230ec74e4c542c14987d0a2a26ebe28704f1dc853f22f39ec03234e6db28fcebcdaa554a2fa54c00ce9c379cd5ff9f3760d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171214/cdc_171214_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 435.31 KB ]