Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 80-156-747: Fansteel Electrometals Incorporated: North Chicago, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Lucas, Andrew D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal and general area environmental samples were analyzed for chromium (7440473) at Fansteel Electrometals, Incorporated (SIC- 3471) in North Chicago, Illinois from June 18 to 20, 1980. The evaluation was requested by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1777 of behalf on an unspecified number of affected employees. Total chromium samples ranged from 0.04 to 0.20 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/CuM). All hexavalent chromium samples were below the detection limit of 0.2 micrograms. OSHA environmental criteria for chromium and chromous salts was 0.5mg/CuM, and for insoluble chromous salts it was 1mg/CuM. The author concludes that there was no hazard from chromium exposure as the concentrations were within acceptable limits. He recommends that measures relating to personal protection, personal hygiene, and ventilation be implemented to further reduce exposures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Chromium Electroplating Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Chromium VI Control-methods Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing And Coloring Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-156-747 Metallic-poisons NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Standards Tolerance-threshold

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80156747
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; North Chicago (IL) ; 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:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Berling, Leesa
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00111910
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-145486
• 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 80-156-747, 1980 Oct ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3471 - Plating and polishing - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:215029d29e40ab5d5efe18b378d12e3edddb3991fbc17df87a1d36f51eb9fc024bcd71a936c75a76259fc8bbb497cd3002e5e8c412a33c1d8f521ae5306121af
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173471/cdc_173471_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB ]