Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-187-1417: Armco Incorporated; Baltimore, Maryland

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H. ; Jannerfeldt, Eric R. ; McAuley, David B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A mortality analysis of the Armco Incorporated stainless-steel mill (SIC-3312), Baltimore, Maryland was conducted in February 1981. The evaluation was requested because of concern of a possible increased incidence of cancer among employees exposed to metal fumes, solvents, gases, and cutting oils. No environmental sampling was done. A total of 163 death certificates for the period 1973 to 1977 were examined. Analyses were performed to determine the specific causes of death and to compare the proportions of the different causes of death with an age adjusted standard United States population. Grinders, a subgroup of employees more heavily exposed to chromium (7440473) (Cr) and nickel (7440020) (Ni), were analyzed separately to determine their mortality rate in comparison with the rest of the factory. Thirty-nine cancer deaths occurred. No significantly increased incidence of cancer in general or of any specific type was observed in the factory as a whole or in the grinding department. The authors conclude that there is no evidence that employees of the facility have an increased risk of cancer. Because of the carcinogenicity of Ni and Cr compounds, it is recommended that exposure to these substances be maintained as low as possible.
• Subjects:
  Chromium Environmental Exposure Metal Workers Mortality Neoplasms Nickel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Cancer Cancer-rates Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-81-187-1417 Industrial-exposures Lung Cancer Metal Fumes Mortality-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 PCMR PMR Stainless-steel Stainless Steel Mill Steelmaking-industry

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA811871417
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  18 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00149663
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-179398
• 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 81-187-1417, 1984 Feb ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0)
• Editor(s):
  Harris, Stephanie M.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3312 - Blast furnaces and steel mills - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f10dca95ee7ec790481d94dfdfcf5dce9f74f22268358f9392e13a3c57dfaf1792a801f96f678ce43aa596b2d4661c2021a34ebc0aad0fbcb3920a8e8719ec41
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172694/cdc_172694_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.60 MB ]