Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 80-51-709: CF&I Steel Corporation: Pueblo, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Coye, Molly J. ; Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental surveys were conducted and blood samples were collected on February 11 to 13, 1980, to evaluate exposures to lead (7439921), iron-oxide, manganese (7439965), and magnesium (7439954) in the steel production scrap yard area at CF&I Steel Corporation (SIC-3312) in Pueblo, Colorado. The evaluation was requested by the United Steelworkers of America, Local Union 2102 on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Airborne concentrations of iron-oxide ranged from 1.1 to 13.6 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), exceeding the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value (TLV) of 5.0mg/m3
  
  lead ranged from 0.004 to 0.79mg/m3, exceeding the OSHA standard of 0.05mg/m3
  
  manganese ranged from 0.01 to 0.08mg/m3, well below the ACGIH TLV of 1.0mg/m3
  
  and magnesium ranged from 0.01 to concentrations in blood samples from the workers ranged from 6 to 34 micrograms per deciliter, below the OSHA standard of 40 micrograms per deciliter. The authors conclude that a potential health hazard exists from overexposure to lead and iron-oxide. They recommend that eating, drinking, smoking, and snuff usage be prohibited in the work area, that the respirator and blood monitoring programs be continued, and that adequate washing facilities be installed and used daily by the workers before leaving work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Blood Environmental Monitoring Ferrous Compounds Hematologic Tests Lead Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Blood-samples Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-protection Health-surveys HHE-80-51-709 Industrial-hygiene Iron Oxide Lead Magnesium Manganese Metal-workers Metalworking-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 8 Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE8051709
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00102823
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-168494
• 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 80-51-709, 1980 Jul ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Magnesium (CAS RN 7439-95-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3312 - Blast furnaces and steel mills - (SIC) ; 331 - Blast Furnace and Basic Steel Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4bf2c6fc827142a8ae3a4a378c2b5bb7fa4c597131d4336c493ec7b99f83719fb85bbb3d8b7bb76f4f40acb8060dc57d836e890b4fbf2e31ac11df3adb35bab0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173543/cdc_173543_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.22 MB ]