Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Composite Report: TA 79-022-789 Hyde Park Landfill: HE 79-069-789 Niagara Steel Finishing Co.: HE 79-070-789 Greif Brothers Corporation: HE 79-071-789 NL Industries, Inc.: Niagara County, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Kominsky, John R. ; Landrigan, Philip J. ; Schulte, Paul A. ; Singal, Mitchell
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Hazards associated with the Hyde Park Landfill in Niagara County, New York, and with occupational exposures at three nearby industries were surveyed between June and August, 1979. Breathing zone, dust, and sediment samples were collected in and around NL Industries, Incorporated, Niagara Steel Finishing Company, and Greif Brothers Corporation. Current and former employees of the three companies, as well as local residents, were given medical examinations. Lindane (58899), mirex (2385855), and dioxins were found in parts per billion concentrations in settled dust samples collected from rafters at all three industries, and substantial concentrations were found in sediment from an abandoned elevator shaft at NL Industries and in sediment from Bloody Creek Run as it flowed through a conduit under Greif Brothers Corporation. Several hazardous occupational exposures were identified at NL Industries, and hazardous occupational exposures to copper fume were found at Niagara Steel Finishing Company. No occupational health hazards were found at Greif Brothers Corporation. The subjects reported a significant prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms, gastrointestinal surgery, skin problems, and respiratory symptoms. Three subjects had blood lindane concentrations greater than 0.5 part per billion. The authors conclude that the landfill does not present an immediate health hazard. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Copper Dust Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Lead Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Radiation Safety Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires Welding

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• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Arc Furnacing Barium Chemical Dumps Chemical Landfills Chemical Waste Colleges, Universities, And Professional Schools Dioxin Environmental-contamination Fabricated Structural Metal Products Fumes HANES Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys Health Survey Infrared Radiation Lindane Metal-fumes Metal-workers Metal Sand Manufacturing Metal Shipping Drum Manufacturing Mirex NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Optical Radiation OSHA Region 2 Titanates, Zircon Ultraviolet Radiation Worker-health Zirconium

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE79022789
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Niagara County (NY) ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  90 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Stringer, William T. ; Cottrill, Charlotte A. ; Schutte, George R. ; Pryor, Paul D. ; Peak, Joanne M. ; Flesch, Jerome P. ; Moss, C. Eugene ; Murray, William E. Jr. ; Grote, Ardith A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114156
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-188384
• 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, HHE 79-022-789, HHE 79-069-789, HHE 79-070-789, HHE 79-071-789,1980 Dec ; :1-81
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lindane (CAS RN 58-89-9) ; Mirex (CAS RN 2385-85-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  339 - Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products - (SIC) ; 3443 - Fabricated plate work (boiler shops) - (SIC) ; 3412 - Metal barrels, drums, and pails - (SIC) ; 8221 - Colleges and universities - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:205784dc4099d7b70cad6e98a73cbba6b784c73a7e3f49df4304e9c3f9ef821cc6f1dece10b293164eebf02ac1b13ed9054d398a14d53d9dd45ca79341989cd3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173411/cdc_173411_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.36 MB ]