Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE-80-052-878: Bethlehem Steel; Buffalo, New York

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hartle, Richard W. ; Thoburn, Theodore W. ; Hartle, Richard W. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air sampling were conducted, and blood specimens were collected during February and December, 1980 at the Bethlehem Steel Facility (SIC-3325), in Buffalo, New York, to determine employee exposures to lead (7439921), nickel (7440020), chromium (7440473), manganese (7439965), respirable and total particulates, carbon-monoxide (630080), and nickel-carbonyl (12612554). A representative of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 2603, requested the evaluation on behalf of approximately 66 workers in the 13 inch bar rolling mill. All sampled air concentrations for lead, nickel, chromium, manganese, nickel- carbonyl, carbon-monoxide, and respirable and total particulates were below the respective recommended OSHA standards of 0.05, 1.0, 1.0, 5.0, 0.001, 55, 5.0, and 15.0 milligrams per cubic meter. The highest average blood lead concentration was 33.4 micrograms per deciliter, which was below the 40 microgram per deciliter recommended limit. Erythrocyte protoporphyrin concentrations were not indicative of lead poisoning. The authors conclude that a health hazard from airborne metals, particulates, and carbon- monoxide does not exist at this facility. They recommend followup environmental monitoring at the scrap burner and discontinuation of the practice of burning trash in the bar mill.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)   ; Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)  
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80052878
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  15 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Burroughs, G. Edward ; Schutte, Robert
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115996
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-172180
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 80-052-878, 1981 May ; 1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Editor(s):
  Woodruff, Jackie ; Woodruff, Jackie
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• 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-512:0a479aaad2ff2dd2a30096f45e98e0ac2e6d352ea95432c30139e94f0d97c8a87e249314be357cfd6250d3f76f33d7d1b72b7059a8291d5e5cc227d0335f33ca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173358/cdc_173358_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.64 MB ]