Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-483-1669: National Aluminum Rolling Division; Salisbury, North Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A walk-through survey on November 27, 1984, and personal exposure monitoring for kerosene (8008206), mineral-spirits (8030306) a proprietary coolant additive (fatty acid), asbestos (1332214), and carbon-monoxide (630080) on May 20 to 22, 1985 were carried out in the Rolling Mill Department of the National Aluminum Rolling Division (SIC-3353), Salisbury, North Carolina. Authorized representatives of Local 8573, United Steel Workers of America had requested an evaluation of reports of respiratory illness in workers in the department. There were approximately 52 workers in the Rolling Mill Department, including rolling mill operators and helpers, and annealing furnace operators and helpers. NIOSH investigators did not identify any specific source of respiratory irritation in the Rolling Mill Department. Time weighted average (TWA) exposures to kerosene ranged from 16 to 101 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3)
  
  the NIOSH recommended exposure limit (REL) is 100mg/m3. Exposures to mineral spirits ranged from 16 to 43mg/m3. The NIOSH TWA REL for mineral spirits is 350mg/m3. Monitoring for the proprietary additive did not indicate any detectable exposures. Evaluation criteria applicable to the additive were not found. Asbestos exposures for furnace workers ranged from non-detectable to asbestos is 0.1 fibers/cc. Full shift exposures to CO were below 5 parts per million (ppm). The NIOSH TWA REL for CO is 35ppm over a workshift. The author considers the potential for asbestos exposure associated with deteriorating furnace insulation to necessitate implementation of corrective measures.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Inorganic Chemicals Irritants Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Aluminum Sheet, Plate, And Foil Asbestos Carbon Monoxide Coolant Coolants Fatty-acids Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-84-483-1669 Kerosene Metal-rolling Metal-workers Mineral Spirits NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 4 Respiratory-irritants Rolling Oils

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA844831669
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  King, Michael V. ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Williams, Karen J. ; Jenkins, Sharon
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00163101
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-221652
• 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 84-483-1669, 1986 Feb ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Kerosene (CAS RN 8008-20-6) ; Petroleum ether (CAS RN 8030-30-6) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3353 - Aluminum sheet, plate, and foil - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1562f7422f97daa5afc7296f7b6c0d548d16edbe7d08e4b0d6732d22c68cca38d49d8af8dd8c484d7d7a69649fd7730b1046d6381f8b86892e0d4699c2e67258
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172242/cdc_172242_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.31 MB ]