Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-0140-2352: ARMCO Steel Company, L.P.; Ashland, Kentucky

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-0140-2352: ARMCO Steel Company, L.P., Ashland, Kentucky
• Personal Author:
  Moss, C. Eugene
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the union and management team at ARMCO Steel Company (SIC-3325), Ashland, Kentucky, an investigation was begun into possible employee exposures to various types of electromagnetic radiation fields at two locations: the galvaneal unit on the coating line, and the ladle refiner at the slab caster. At the time of the study, ARMCO produced a broad range of flat rolled steel products in its 700-acre facility and employed over 1,300 workers. Approximately 30 workers were involved with the galvaneal unit and over 40 workers were involved in ladle refiner activities. Measurements obtained at the facility demonstrated extremely low frequency fields that produced magnetic field levels ranging from 0.17 to 1.34 gauss (G) and electric field levels ranging from 2.8 to 17 volts per meter at various locations. Personal exposures for workers ranged from 0.1 to 1.48G. The galvaneal coating unit, which operated at 9.9 kilohertz, emitted very low frequency magnetic field levels in excess of the threshold limits. The author concludes that a potential health hazard existed on the days of measurement from exposure to magnetic fields produced by the galvaneal coating line unit. The author recommends that exposure levels be reduced.
• Subjects:
  Metals Metal Workers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Safety
• Keywords:
  Electromagnetic-radiation Electromagnetic Fields EMF Foundry-workers Galvaneal Coating Hazard-Confirmed HETA-91-0140-2352 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nonionizing-radiation Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 4 Steel-foundries Steel Foundries Transformer

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9101402352
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  23 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Booher, Donald E. ; Tubbs, Randy L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00217272
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-140423
• 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 91-0140-2352, 1993 Sep ; :1-24
• Editor(s):
  Blythe, Ellen E.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3325 - Steel foundries, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2318b4bf956010d38246f3327713a04fc9042d0be42186b71827a612f3a4c9bbfd43f242617ea09859b8f7ea2cae9088d29a52d045b6b973279145d49b92fc08
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171448/cdc_171448_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 995.69 KB ]