Health Hazard Evaluation Report HHE 80-198-824: CF&I Steel Corporation: Pueblo, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to noise were surveyed in the wire mill nail room of CF and I Steel Corporation (SIC-3312) in Pueblo, Colorado on October 22, 1980. The evaluation was requested by the United Steel Workers of America, Local 2102, on behalf of an unspecified number of employees. Sound pressure levels and 8 hour time weighted average (TWA) peak levels were recorded. Eight hour noise levels averaged 86 to 105 decibels relative to the A-weighted scale (dBA), and peak levels ranged from 115 to 132dBA. The OSHA noise exposure standard is 90dB for an 8 hour TWA sample. The authors conclude that a noise exposure hazard exists at this facility. They recommend continuation and rigid enforcement of the hearing protection program currently used at the Company, and annual audiometric testing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ear Metal Workers Noise Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Sense Organs Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Audiometric Testing Blast Furnaces, Steel Works, And Rolling Mills Hazards-Confirmed Health-surveys Hearing-protection HHE-80-198-824 Metal-workers Nail Manufacturing NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Noise-analysis Noise-Levels Noise-measurement OSHA Region 8 Worker-health

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80198824
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Pueblo (CO) ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114021
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-183955
• 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 80-198-824, 1981 Feb ; :1-8
• 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:c6c70e375d1a25c1ef89cb7ac310df3db1e39d31a64768e70311db247a87a06c1e56ad6942f3e58278fe43e51838a957552bc8c8e78dbf26c676447b9979427f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173434/cdc_173434_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 593.09 KB ]