Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. HHE-80-105-110: Lehigh Portland Cement Company: Mason City, Iowa, Mine I.D. No. 13-3095

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Jankovic, John T.
• Description:
  Worker exposures to sulfur-dioxide (7446095) (SO2), sulfite (SO3), sulfate (SO4) and sulfuric-acid (7664939) (H2SO4) were surveyed on March 25 and 26, 1980, at Lehigh Portland Cement Company (SIC-3241) in Mason City, Iowa. The evaluation was requested by the United Cement, Limestone and Gypsum Workers, Local 106, on behalf of approximately 200 production workers. Personal and area air samples were collected for analysis. Time weighted average exposures to SO2 and H2SO4 were below OSHA standards of 5 parts per million (ppm) and 1 milligram per cubic meter, respectively. Short term SO2 exposures reached 10 to 40ppm due to gas leaks on top of the bag house. Concentrations of SO3 and SO4 were below hazardous limits. The author concludes that no persistent SO2 hazard exists at this company, but short term, high level exposures could aggravate preexisting health conditions. Recommendations are included for provision of medical surveillance and use of respirators. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; HHE-80-105-110; NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation; Hazards-Unconfirmed; Region-7; Cement-industry; Health-surveys; Air-sampling; Worker-health; Industrial-hygiene
• Source:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 80-105-110, 1980 Aug; :1-16
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114157
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-214305
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 80-105-110, 1980 Aug; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3241 - Cement, hydraulic - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173410/cdc_173410_DS1.pdf
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