Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 77-130-527: Inland Steel Company, 10 and 14 Inch Merchant Mills: 3210 Waitling Street, East Chicago, Indiana 46312

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• Personal Author:
  Evans, William A. ; Price, James H.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental air sampling and employee interviews were conducted on March 14 to 16, 1978 at Inland Steel Company (SIC-332) in East Chicago, Indiana to evaluate worker exposures to coke oven gas fired furnace emissions, iron-oxide (1309371) lead (7439921). The evaluation was requested by an authorized representative of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 1010, on behalf of approximately 150 affected employees. Personal and area air sample concentrations of nitrogen-dioxide (10102440) and sulfur-dioxide (7446095) were below OSHA standards of 5 parts per million for each substance. One worker was exposed to concentrations of lead in excess of the proposed OSHA standard of 0.1 milligram per cubic meter (mg/m3), and one worker was exposed to excessive concentrations of iron-oxide (OSHA standard is 5mg/m3). Common health complaints among the workers included chest pain, headaches, and eye and throat irritation
  
  these were consistent with sulfur- dioxide exposure. The authors conclude that a hazard exists at this facility due to sulfur-dioxide exposure. Recommendations are provided to reduce exposures through improved work and hygiene practices, changes in ventilation, medical and environmental monitoring, and use of respirators. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Blood Dust Ferrous Compounds Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Labor Unions Lead Occupational Health Safety Solvents Sulfur Compounds Sulfur Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-77-130-527 Humans Industrial-emission-sources Iron Oxide Lead Lead-fumes Medical-examinations Medical-monitoring NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitrogen Dioxide OSHA Region 5 Steel-manufacture Steel-workers Sulfur-oxides Sulfur Dioxide Unions Vapors

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE77130527
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; East Chicago (IN) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; White, Gary L. ; Kim, Walter S. ; Carter, John C. ; Morris, Linda
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099499
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-143737
• 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 77-130-527, 1978 Sep ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Iron oxide (CAS RN 1309-37-1) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• 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:cdb9ab8fc3ca09f6c9426f09af3f26c7b9b75659eefd06edc16d0e3f9f12755174eb41e5456690778d7dbb11c281efd5f03880a42b5dbf28711c9f92fda03aa5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173599/cdc_173599_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.74 MB ]