Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-92-0089-2368: The General Castings Company, Curtis Street Facility; Delaware, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burton, Nancy C. ; O'Brien, Dennis M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a management request, worker exposures were evaluated at the General Casting Company (SIC-3321) Curtis Street Facility, Delaware, Ohio. The facility was a casting cleaning facility for gray and ductile iron foundries. Two shifts operated at the facility with a total of 52 employees. Personal breathing zone air concentrations of respirable silica (14808607) ranged from 163 to 19,870 micrograms per cubic meter (microg/m3). All the 24 samples taken exceeded the NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit (REL) of 50microg/m3. Twenty-one samples contained cristobalite (14464461). Of the 16 iron exposures measured for the chipper/grinders, 12 exceeded the REL of 5,000microg/m3. Several nickel (7440020) concentrations exceeded the REL of 15microg/m3. Grinders were overexposed to noise. A paint dip tank area sample exceeded the 100 parts per million OSHA standard for xylene (1330207). Exposures to benzene (71432), ethyl-benzene (100414), toluene (108883) aluminum (7429905), chromium (7440473), copper (7440508), lead (7439921), magnesium (7439954), manganese (7439965) and zinc (7440666) did not exceed recommended limits. The authors conclude that workers were overexposed to respirable silica, cristobalite, iron, nickel, and noise
  
  there was a potential health hazard from xylene. The authors recommend that engineering controls, use of personal protective equipment, and work practices be improved.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dust Ear Metals Metal Workers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Sense Organs Solvents

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• Keywords:
  Cristobalite Engineering Controls Gray And Ductile Iron Foundries Hazard-Confirmed HETA-92-0089-2368 Metal-dusts Metal-workers NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise Exposure Occupational-exposure Organic-solvents Organic Solvents OSHA Region 5 Painting Quartz Respirable Silica Respiratory-protection Welding

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9200892368
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  Jensen, Paul A. ; Kinnes, Gregory M. ; Liston, Richard
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00218672
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-162484
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: 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 92-0089-2368, 1993 Nov ; :1-34
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Cristobalite (CAS RN 14464-46-1) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Ethylbenzene (CAS RN 100-41-4) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Magnesium (CAS RN 7439-95-4) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Editor(s):
  Blythe, Ellen E.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3321 - Gray and ductile iron foundries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0165b256438b40cc742a4de4ff15cea34a083a011850c16372bb98e547af786c819d27a9d0fbea03e255d0b123bd011c6b5444a7457ac44181db356e8a19145f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171423/cdc_171423_DS1.pdf
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