Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-009-2108: Carbon/Graphite Group; Louisville, Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  Decker, John A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers Union, an evaluation was made of possible health hazards at the Carbon/Graphite Group (SIC-2819), Louisville, Kentucky. The request indicated that 30 to 40 workers were possibly exposed to carbon-monoxide (630080) in areas of the facility where calcium-carbide was manufactured and handled. Results of personal exposure monitoring indicated carbon-monoxide levels of 9 to 82 parts per million (ppm) as full shift, time weighted averages. Several peaks above 200ppm were noted
  
  acetylene interference was a factor in the high readings in some areas. Complaints from individual workers did not reveal any symptomatology which would be compatible with carbon-monoxide exposure. The author concludes that a health hazard was not found at the time of the evaluation, but there was a potential hazard for carbon-monoxide exposure during equipment failures or entry into confined spaces. The author provides recommendations concerning carbon-monoxide monitoring in the scrubber area, the crusher area, and the furnace area
  
  engineering controls for dust, personal protective equipment, and other inhalation hazards
  
  and confined space entry.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Confined Spaces Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Acetylene Air-quality-monitoring Air-sampling Calcium Carbide Calcium Carbide Manufacture Carbon Monoxide Confined-spaces Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-91-009-2108 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 4 Toxic-gases

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA910092108
• 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:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Sussell, Aaron L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00200323
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-238121
• 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 91-009-2108, 1991 Apr ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2819 - Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9c046d88d52783a30b4973e9537c29e7e3ab37211ba83e3ac620b47ed71ec159ff9e108e28a92f718863a5f32196bc46f12bebe9af8e00c2c2c206e31bda936e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171666/cdc_171666_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 792.79 KB ]