Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-80-096-1359: Eureka Company; Bloomington, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Cone, James E. ; McQuilkin, Shawn D. ; Orris, Peter
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental samples were analyzed for vanadium (7440622) and asbestos (1332214) at the Eureka Company (SIC-3691), Bloomington, Illinois, in May 1980. Request for the survey was made on behalf of the workers in Area-W because of concern about worker complaints of respiratory problems, sore throats, chronic coughs, skin rashes, nosebleeds, metal taste and green color inside the mouth. All symptoms subsided when away from Area-W. Airborne concentrations of vanadium and asbestos were measured. Pulmonary function tests were performed. Urine samples were analyzed for vanadium. Airborne vanadium concentrations ranged from 0.10 to 0.13 milligrams per cubic meter, which was above NIOSH standards but below OSHA standards. Airborne asbestos ranged from 0.01 to 0.53 fibers per cubic centimeter. One sample was above NIOSH standards but below OSHA standards. Vanadium concentrations in urine were higher in Area-W workers than in workers in other areas, about 21 micrograms per liter compared to about 3 micrograms per liter. Pulmonary function tests were normal. The authors conclude that hazards exist from vanadium dust and asbestos fiber exposures. Improved ventilation is recommended.
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Aerospace Asbestos Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Employee-exposure Hazard-Confirmed HETA-80-096-1359 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Thermal Batteries Vanadium Zirconium

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA800961359
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  25 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Dozier, Emanuel
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00134196
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-163574
• 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 80-096-1359, 1983 Aug ; :1-22
• CAS Registry Number:
  Vanadium (CAS RN 7440-62-2) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3691 - Storage batteries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:856916d81036ebc4664b1c56d144ce65af12ba8ab8131aa85acaf8a40f037c270551275c0dfd173834277b26c09981b0f0e76491e87d4dae4865437571d27b52
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172870/cdc_172870_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.64 MB ]