Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-364-2202: ARMCO Advanced Materials Corporation; Butler, Pennsylvania

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-364-2202: ARMCO Advanced Materials Corporation, Butler, Pennsylvania
• Personal Author:
  Fleeger, Alan K. ; Moss, C. Eugene ; Tubbs, Randy L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a management request, an evaluation was made of possible hazardous working conditions at ARMCO Advanced Materials Corporation (SIC-3312), Butler, Pennsylvania. ARMCO produced primarily specialty steel products. An indirect method of electric heating was used at the facility to make steel. Concern was expressed about employee exposures to infrasound, electromagnetic radiation, and various dusts throughout the melt shop. The investigation was then expanded to include radiofrequency exposures at the Ultra-Rapid Annealing (URA) furnace located in the Strip Coating and Silicon Anneal Building (SCSAB). Air samples analyzed indicated that the recommended levels were being exceeded for chromium (7440473), manganese (7439965) and lead (7439921). Radiofrequency radiation measurements at the URA furnace and the visible radiation levels near the electric arc furnaces in the melt shops exceeded the appropriate evaluation criteria. The authors conclude that health hazards existed during the survey from excessive airborne levels of hexavalent chromium, manganese, and lead, high levels of optical radiation near the electric arc furnaces, and radiofrequency radiation at the URA furnace. The authors recommended measures to lower these exposures and suggested the institution of medical and environmental surveillance programs.
• Subjects:
  Chromium Dust Ear Lead Manganese Metals Metal Workers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Safety Sense Organs

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• Keywords:
  Chromium Electromagnetic Radiation Hazards-Confirmed HETA-89-364-2202 Hexavalent-chromium-compounds Infrasound Lead Lead-compounds Manganese Manganese-compounds Metal-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise Nonionizing-radiation Occupational-exposure Optical Radiation OSHA Region 3 Radiation-exposure Radiation-hazards Radiofrequency Radiation Steel-foundries Steel Works, Blast Furnaces (Including Coke Ovens), And Rolling Mills

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA893642202
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  40 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00208292
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-221027
• 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 89-364-2202, 1992 Apr ; :1-44
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  O'Banion, Kate L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3312 - Blast furnaces and steel mills - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee21c44356d4412d87ff042d2910825b5d553e3a66a4984ff35b5d14a524b53755ec8b238c4a7f49b3ed3cecb6c5169d102ac04c71b2938c30190fa15c8c8b54
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171569/cdc_171569_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 316.73 KB ]