Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-85-030-1693: Fruehauf Corporation - Parts Plant; Delphos, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Ehrenberg, Richard L. ; Gorman, Richard W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A request was received from union and management at the Fruehauf Corporations Parts Facility (SIC-3549) in Delphos, Ohio to evaluate possible exposures to total welding fume, metals, carbon-monoxide (630080), oxides of nitrogen, and ozone (10028156) during welding operations. Total welding fume concentrations in 32 personal breathing zone samples ranged from 1.5 to 23.4 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3). Nine area samples ranged from 0.4 to 3.7mg/m3. Three sample results exceeded OSHA standard of 15mg/m3. Iron (7439896) was the predominant metal found. Measurable quantities of aluminum (7429905), chromium (7440473), copper (7440508), magnesium (7439954), manganese (7439965), molybdenum (7439987), nickel (7440020), lead (7439921), tin (7440315), and vanadium (7440622) were found. Results of a questionnaire, given to 33 of the 92 welders, indicated a relatively high prevalence of reported symptoms of mucous membrane and respiratory tract irritation, including eye irritation, sinus/nasal congestion, headaches, throat irritation and cough. Cigarette smoking was high among the welders, but symptoms could not be totally related to that cause. The authors conclude that welding fumes and paint vapors were potential health hazards and caused short term health effects. The authors recommend that welding fume exposures should be controlled by local ventilation where feasible. The use of respirators for protection against welding fumes should not be viewed as a long term control measure.
• Subjects:
  Irritants Lung Metals Metal Workers Nitrogen Oxides Occupational Health Ozone Paint Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Welding

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• Keywords:
  Carbon Monoxide Hazards-Confirmed HETA-85-030-1693 Metal-industry-workers Metal-workers Metalworking Machinery NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitrogen-oxides OSHA Region 5 Oxides Of Nitrogen Painting Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-irritants Truck Trailers Welders Welding-industry Welding Fume

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA850301693
• 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:
  26 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Hunninen, Katherine ; DeArmond, Larry ; Grass, Jacqueline
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00163539
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87-107033
• 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 85-030-1693, 1986 Jun ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Magnesium (CAS RN 7439-95-4) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Molybdenum (CAS RN 7439-98-7) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Tin (CAS RN 7440-31-5) ; Vanadium (CAS RN 7440-62-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary-system-disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3549 - Metalworking machinery, not elsewhere classified - (SIC) ; 3715 - Truck trailers - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3c1c9cec4c31bbe988d71027b4d637cc843f0caa098748a3337a34d1083ad2556603c565258d88849713b059ef285b09f9696d3f811c477126a18c89960fef05
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172198/cdc_172198_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.50 MB ]