Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 80-37-725: Texaco, Incorporated: Casper, Wyoming

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• Personal Author:
  Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental sampling was conducted and a medical questionnaire was administered on April 30 and May 1, 1980, at Texaco (SIC-2911), Casper, Wyoming, to determine employee exposure to toxic concentration iron-oxide (1309371), manganese (7439965), aluminum (7429905), copper (7440508), nickel (7440020), and fluoride (16984488). A representative of the Oil Chemical Atomic Workers, Local Union 2-230, requested the evaluation on behalf of six workers in the welding shop. Iron-oxide concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 1.3 milligram per cubic meter (mg/cu m compared with the recommended threshold limit value (TLV) of 5.0 mg/cu m recommend by the American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). Manganese ranged from less than detectable to 0.05 mg/cu m compared with the ACGIH permissible exposure limit of 5.0 mg/cu m. Aluminum ranged from less than detectable to 0.04mg/cu m, well below the ACGIH permissible exposure limit of 5.0mg/cu m). Copper ranged from less than detectable to 0.01mg/cu m, below the OSHA standard 0.1mg/cu m). Nickel ranged from less than detectable to 0.01mg/cu m
  
  the OSHA standard is 1.0mg/cu m. Lead and fluoride were less than detectable. The medical questionnaire failed to identify any work- related employee health problems. The author concludes that no exposure hazards exist at this facility, but recommends that all mechanical exhaust systems be well maintained, and that good personal hygiene and work practices be followed by all employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Ferrous Compounds Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Petroleum Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Aluminum Copper Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-37-725 Industrial-processes Iron Oxide Manganese Nickel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 8 Petroleum-refining Standards Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE8037725
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wyoming ; Casper (WY) ; 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:
  9 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Whitlock, Monica
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00103117
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-168478
• 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 80-37-725, 1980 Jul ; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Iron oxide (CAS RN 1309-37-1) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Fluoride (CAS RN 16984-48-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2911 - Petroleum refining - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e4aa1fdf4bae7992c71a1f12ddcbb783d974bbc376d3dfe01671ae6c97f698e425a1d0ec86965e500f72d19c266c6fdd478cd273f5209230750736730dd17984
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173534/cdc_173534_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.25 MB ]