Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report: HHE-78-93-536: Mark Steel Corporation; Salt Lake City, Utah

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Okawa, Melvin T.
• Description:
  Environmental surveys were conducted on June 20 and 21, 1978, to evaluate the presence of soluble barium (7440393) in the work atmosphere of welders at the Mark Steel Corporation (SIC-3325) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The evaluation was requested by a company representative on behalf of the approximately 100 affected employees. The time weighted average (TWA) exposures for soluble barium ranged from 2.20 to 6.13 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), exceeding the 0.5mg/m3 OSHA standard. Exposed workers reported no adverse health problems at the time of the survey. The author concludes that welders are exposed to excessive soluble barium concentrations, however no adverse health effects can be related to the exposures. Recommendations are given for improved exhaust ventilation systems for welders and for medical monitoring of exposed workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Monitoring Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Surveys Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Ventilation Welding

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Welders; Innershield NR-211; Soluble Barium; Steel; Arc Welding NIOSH-Author; HHE-78-93-536; NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation; Fabricated-plate-work; Hazard-Unconfirmed; Region-8; Control-methods; Industrial-processes; Air-sampling; Health-survey; Air-contamination; Airborne-dusts; Medical-monitoring; Industrial-hygiene; Ventilation-systems;
• Source:
  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 78-93-536, 1978 Nov; :1-6
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• 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:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00101015
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-143133
• 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 78-93-536, 1978 Nov; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Barium (CAS RN 7440-39-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3325 - Steel foundries, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173583/cdc_173583_DS1.pdf
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