Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 78-105-537: Bethlehem Steel Corporation: Lackawanna, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Burroughs, G. Edward
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental surveys were conducted on July 18 to 20, 1978 to evaluate potential health hazards in the rolling mill at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation (SIC-3547) facility in Lackawanna, New York. The evaluation was requested by a representative of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 2603, on behalf of approximately 200 affected employees. Environmental sample concentrations for total particulates iron oxide (1309371), chromium (7440473), molybdenum (7439987), lead (7439921), manganese (7439965), copper (7440508) fumes, tin-oxide, zinc-oxide (1314132), and carbon-monoxide (124389), were below the evaluation criteria. The author concludes that no hazard existed at the time of this survey. He recommends that voluntary periodic blood lead analyses be made available to employees and that tests be conducted to determine sulfur dioxide exposures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Monitoring Ferrous Compounds Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Surveys Lead Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Airborne-dusts Carbon Monoxide Chromium Control-methods Copper Gases Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-survey HHE-78-105-537 Industrial-hygiene Industrial-processes Iron Oxide Lead Manganese Medical-monitoring Molybdenum NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 2 Steel-foundries Tin Oxide Total Particulate Zinc Oxide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE78105537
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Lackawanna (NY) ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Duncan, Richard ; Risholm-Sundman, Maria ; Morris, Linda
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00101014
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-144008
• 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 78-105-537, 1978 Nov ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Iron oxide (CAS RN 1309-37-1) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Molybdenum (CAS RN 7439-98-7) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Zinc oxide (CAS RN 1314-13-2) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3547 - Rolling mill machinery - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f188785c57093220b08f8f0f18f7a3176cf07abf0f543281a019445745643ecf7f00222a2db96fb16f4ef2f4926b240c5573a74ae2f4eb5bc98fbebc0d93ea8c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173584/cdc_173584_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.60 MB ]