Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-88-266-1970: Glennwood Range; Delaware, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Deng, Jou-Fang ; Fleeger, Alan K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from at Glennwood Range (SIC-3469), Delaware, Ohio, a study was made of possible hazardous working conditions. At this facility 750 employees manufactured consumer gas and electric ranges. Several employees were suffering from skin disorders. Eighty-seven of the employees worked in the Enamel Department where the primary responsibility was painting the individual range parts prior to their final construction. Porcelain enamel paints were applied to range parts by either a dipping or flow coat process. The porcelain enamels contained chromium (7440473) in the trivalent state. Oxidizers were added to the enamels, causing the potential for the trivalent chromium to change to a hexavalent state. The skin problems were found mainly among the ground coat line workers who were responsible for hanging parts on hooks to enter a curing oven. Most workers did not wear protective rubber gloves. It was determined that holes had developed in the heating coils of the curing oven, producing open flames. The open flames had caused burn off on the parts, and sharp edges developed on hooks used to hang parts. Samples taken from the hooks used to hang the range parts showed chromium(VI) concentrations of 0.09 to 2.41 micrograms per milligram of sample. Chromium(VI) concentrations in matter scraped from the hooks ranged from 0.3 to 4.4 micrograms/milligram. Sharp edges on the hooks caused abrasions on the hands of the worker, allowing the chromium a direct route of entry beneath the skin surface, causing the ulcerations. The authors conclude that a health hazard existed from exposure to chromium. The authors recommend measures for oven maintenance and worker protection.
• Subjects:
  Chromium Dermatitis Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Appliance Parts Chromium-salts Chromium VI Contact-dermatitis Dermatitis Enamel Paints Hazard-Confirmed HETA-88-266-1970 Hexavalent-chromium-compounds Industrial-factory-workers Metal Stampings NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Porcelain Enameled Skin-exposure

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA882661970
• 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:
  19 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Millson, Mark ; Conway, Kathleen F.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00190666
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB90-129065
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 88-266-1970, 1989 Jun ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3469 - Metal stampings, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a70ffc6a70a257147cdde7a6fdf2ae391e596d323ec250340e3799cb59015da4067946e5ea367a395297dec4ddd8730fcf371a8aff9d54c80d1bcb97f0b86475
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171814/cdc_171814_DS1.pdf
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