Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-86-251-1842: American Cyanamid; Michigan City, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Almaguer, Daniel
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the International Chemical Workers Union, an evaluation was made of employee exposures to nickel (7440020) at the American Cyanamid Company (SIC-2819), Michigan City, Indiana, which produced petroleum industry catalysts. The workforce included 63 production workers and 33 administrative personnel. Employee exposures to metals and dusts, including 28 elements of toxicological importance, were evaluated during an industrial hygiene survey involving personal and general air sampling. Each of the 11 air samples showed aluminum (7429905), molybdenum (7439987), and nickel, while some showed calcium (7440702), cobalt (7440484), copper (7440508), iron (7439896), magnesium (7439954), and zinc (7440666). The only metal exceeding NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit (REL) was nickel, ranging from below the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists threshold limit value of 10mg/m3 for nuisance dusts, ranging from these as nuisance dusts and further reduction in amounts should be made. The author recommends that care be taken to ensure good working order of mullers to prevent leaks. Generation of nickel dusts in impregnation area should be better controlled. A regular housekeeping schedule should be started for vacuum removal of accumulated dust from work areas. Appropriate respirators should be worn in muller room and impregnation and product load out areas.
• Subjects:
  Dust Metals Metal Workers Nickel Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Dust-inhalation Hazard-Confirmed HETA-86-251-1842 Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified Metal-dusts Metal-workers Nickel Nickel-compounds NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Petroleum Catalysts Respiratory-protection Total Dust

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA862511842
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; 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:
  12 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00177504
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-188339
• 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 86-251-1842, 1987 Oct ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Molybdenum (CAS RN 7439-98-7) ; Calcium (CAS RN 7440-70-2) ; Cobalt (CAS RN 7440-48-4) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Magnesium (CAS RN 7439-95-4) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• 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-512:4c8d89f671f0b9ff4c07b4e7b7df40ac37e68a9d0ea72d3d77a0bd2f687a15acd022fce364890810e000297138d0e0c81d02e83d2196210d1ae85bccff09fb78
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172047/cdc_172047_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 146.97 KB ]