Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 78-74-575: Interlake Steel, Inc.: Wilder, Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed for manganese (7439965), calcium-oxide (1305788), iron-oxide, and total particulates at the Interlake Steel, Inc., (SIC-332) Wilder, Kentucky, on August 30 and 31, 1978. An evaluation request came from an authorized representative of employees of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 1870, on behalf of about 100 affected workers. Manganese air concentrations were below the OSHA standard of 5.0 milligram per cubic meter (mg/CuM). Calcium-oxide concentrations ranged from 0.04 to 72.0mg/CuM, compared with the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist's (ACGIH) recommended standard of 2.0mg/CuM. Iron oxide concentrations ranged from 0.10 to 5.10mg/CuM, compared with the ACGIH recommended standard of 5.0mg/CuM. Total particulates ranged from 0.37 to 31.8mg/CuM compared with the ACGIH standard of 10.0mg/CuM. The author concludes that the bulldozer operator was exposed to excessive concentrations of calcium-oxide, and nuisance particulate, and the tractor operator was exposed to excessive concentrations of calcium-oxide, iron-oxide, and particulate. Recommendations include the possibility of storing limestone outside the melt shop, the possibility of wetting down all debris, yearly chest X-rays for workers in dusty environments, the use of personal protective equipment, and improved industrial hygiene. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Calcium Oxide Dust Ferrous Compounds Manganese Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Airborne-dusts Control-methods Hazard-Confirmed HHE-78-74-575 Ingots Iron Oxide Metallic-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 4 Scrap Metal Standards Steel-foundries Total Particulate Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7874575
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Wilder (KY) ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Salg, Joyce A. ; Duncan, Richard ; Woodruff, Jackie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00104804
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-145627
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 78-74-575, 1979 Mar ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Calcium oxide (CAS RN 1305-78-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  332 - Iron and Steel Foundries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cdcb1edea9c4356065afcd899f6f0b773aaeb413b6a425c6afadc506043003cb7346d9d366a1afecacbecd213ca011fa49bce2487b9411eff1637179df18f7c4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173498/cdc_173498_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.98 MB ]