Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-92-140-2264: T-L Irrigation Company; Hastings, Nebraska

Details

• Personal Author:
  Echt, Alan S. ; Jewel, Gregory A. ; Miller, Aubrey K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from employees working at the tube mill in Building 41 of the T-L Irrigation Company (SIC-3523), Hastings, Nebraska, an investigation was made into metal fume fever from exposure to the galvanizing process, carbon-monoxide (630080) from a farm tractor used inside the building, and unsafe machinery. The tube mill formed hydraulic tubing from coiled galvanized steel. All seven employees of the tube mill were interviewed. Three of the workers had been employed in this building for 5 or more years. One recalled a past acute illness including headaches, nausea, chills and fever after exposure to fresh zinc-oxide (1314132) fume while working as a scarfer. He was transferred to another task and suffered no more symptoms. The other two reported no symptoms. Metal fume exposures were well below evaluation criteria. Excessive carbon-monoxide exposure was not detected. The authors conclude that the occurrence of metal fume fever or other symptoms related to metal fumes did not appear to be a problem. Exposure to carbon- monoxide did not appear to be a health hazard. The authors recommend that possible noise exposures be studied. A duct velocity of 1400 to 2000 feet per minute was recommended for controlling zinc- oxide fumes.
• Subjects:
  Ear Ferrous Compounds Metal Workers Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Welding Zinc Oxide
• Keywords:
  Farm Machinery And Equipment Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-92-140-2264 Iron Oxide Metal-fume-fever Metal Fume Fever Metalworking-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 7 Tube Mill Welding-industry

  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA921402264
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  20 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00213715
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-214104
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 92-140-2264, 1992 Oct ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Zinc oxide (CAS RN 1314-13-2)
• Editor(s):
  Marlow, Kate L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3523 - Farm machinery and equipment - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b3a59aca87d318d9fea09f988e78ac2bbd1354b43736a3e9b0831ed74134a8c13be8c6957395f0c0b851cbde261eb8435efaab7ad06b430dfbb32875277ce454
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171518/cdc_171518_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.39 MB ]