Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-85-043-1760: American Crystal Sugar Company; Hillsboro, North Dakota

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• Personal Author:
  Almaguer, Daniel ; Boiano, James M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from management of the American Crystal Sugar Company (ACSCO) and the American Federation of Grain Millers International Union, employee exposures to welding fumes during facility maintenance and to airborne contaminants during beet processing were determined at a sugar beet mill (SIC-2063) owned by ACSCO. Beet processing involved 230 workers, while approximately ten to 15 workers were potentially exposed to welding fumes. General air and personal samples were analyzed for total and respirable dusts and various chemicals, and personal filters were analyzed for welding fumes. Analytical methods included X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy, chromatography, and gravimetry. Quartz (14808607) was found in high volume air samples and settled dust. Exposures exceeding the most stringent environmental criteria were found for calcium-carbonate (471341) and carbon-monoxide (630080) in lime kiln workers and sugar dust in sugar bin workers. Beet pulp dust was considered a potential hazard based on its content of crystalline silica. Welding produced excessive exposures to total welding fumes, hexavalent chromium (18540299), nickel (7440020), iron-oxide (1332372), and calcium-oxide (1305788). Chromium and nickel posed potential cancer risks. The authors conclude that workers were overexposed to calcium-carbonate, carbon-monoxide, sugar dust, total welding fumes, hexavalent chromium, iron-oxide, nickel, and calcium- oxide fumes at this facility. The authors recommend dust containment, ventilation, respiratory protection, and correction of slipping hazards.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Carcinogens Environmental Monitoring Ferrous Compounds Metals Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Silicon Dioxide Welding
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling BCME Beet Sugar Calcium Carbonate Calcium Oxide Carbon Monoxide Exposure-levels Hazards-Confirmed HETA-85-043-1760 Hexavalent Chromium Iron Oxide Metallic-fumes Nickel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 8 Particulate-dust Pulp Dust Silica Sugar-beets Sugar-industry Sugar Dust Welders Welding Fumes

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA850431760
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  North Dakota ; 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:
  41 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Bryant, Charles J. ; Jenkins, Sharon
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00167876
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87-189478
• 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 85-043-1760, 1986 Dec ; :1-38
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Calcium carbonate (CAS RN 471-34-1) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Hexavalent chromium (CAS RN 18540-29-9) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Iron oxide (CAS RN 1332-37-2) ; Calcium oxide (CAS RN 1305-78-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2063 - Beet sugar - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4fc97273b7b4164272bf7dcb52c5eb3f3c856556adba2751a86e7241c0394199214a06dc4e66faaa667d6137e9db9698caacfb30110e515188b2d9dc50e2aa7c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172135/cdc_172135_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.27 MB ]