Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-88-127-1903: C F and I Steel Corporation; Pueblo, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Lee, Stephen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from management, a study was made of possible hazardous working conditions at C-F-and-I Steel Company (SIC-3313), Pueblo, Colorado. The company produced steel in electric arc furnaces. Workers in the vicinity of the electric arc furnace had complained of bad odors and tastes, and respiratory irritation. Breathing zone and general room air samples were tested for sulfur-dioxide (7446095), arsenic (7440382), cadmium (7440439), lead (7439921), total particulate, and crystalline silica (quartz (14808607) and cristobalite (14464461)). Seven general area sample measurements ranged from 0.2 to 1.7mg/m3 for sulfur-dioxide. One breathing zone sample registered 0.78mg/m3. Arsenic was found in one sample at a level of 0.02mg/m3. Cadmium was found in one of 11 samples at 0.006mg/m3. Lead was present in all 11 samples ranging from 0.004 to 0.3mg/m3. Total dust measurements were 14 and 12mg/m3. Respirable dust samples contained 1.5 and 1.4mg/m3 respirable dust
  
  free silica samples were 0.5 and 0.2mg/m3 (quartz). The author concludes that a potential health hazard existed from exposure to arsenic, cadmium, lead, and crystalline silica. The author recommends that specific improvements be made in respiratory protection, and that workers be notified when sulfur compounds are being added to the steel.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dust Metals Metals, Heavy Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide Sulfur Compounds
• Keywords:
  Arsenic Cadmium Electric Arc Furnace Electrometallurgical Products Formaldehyde Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals HETA-88-127-1903 Lead NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 8 Silica Steel-foundries Steel-industry Steel Mill Sulfur-compounds

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA881271903
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  DiGiacomo, Marile F.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00182296
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-120992
• 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 88-127-1903, 1988 Jun ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Cristobalite (CAS RN 14464-46-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3313 - Electrometallurgical products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:99bd376ab32aaf7e9925672857bcbbd35bd2b4dca3a34a1ffffb2e8e3d3660fe2b946cde2cc5196ae28a8732cb16e35188043cb6446aa284d0c39580758eb75e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171892/cdc_171892_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 534.46 KB ]