Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 78-33-506: Grand Junction Steel Fabricating Company: Grand Junction, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical surveys were conducted from January 30, to February 2, 1978 to evaluate exposures associated with the welding of sheet and angle iron at Grand Junction Steel Fabricating Company (SIC-3441) in Grand Junction, Colorado. The evaluation was requested by the local United Steelworkers of America Union on behalf of approximately 100 affected workers. Environmental samples showed that workers were overexposed to iron-oxide (1309371) fumes
  
  concentrations exceeded the recommended threshold limit value of 5.0 milligrams per cubic meter. All other environmental measurements were within the most recent evaluation criteria. Medical interviews of 32 revealed showed that welders had complaints that were compatible with overexposure to welding fumes. The author concludes that a potential health hazard existed at the time of the survey. Local ventilation should be provided to reduce welding fume exposures, the respirator used in the paint booth area should be cleaned and maintained, and eating should be prohibited in the work area. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Ferrous Compounds Labor Unions Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Ventilation Welding
• Keywords:
  Air-contaminants Fabricated-structural-metal Gases Hazards-Confirmed HHE-78-33-506 Humans Industrial-hygiene Iron Oxide Iron Oxide Fume Medical-screening NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 8 Personal-protective-equipment Steel Steel Cutting Unions Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7833506
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Grand Junction (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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  White, Gary L. ; Flesch, Jerome P. ; Fehrman, Mary M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099478
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-143950
• 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 78-33-506, 1978 Jul ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Iron oxide (CAS RN 1309-37-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3441 - Fabricated structural metal - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:86400fc5409f3040692fae4fbaa47f11d4bcf6bb1d882584a4aa9912c0e463215c3d0412141c651c9ecb1e164075527007cd669f90efd74d00055467107ecd54
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173620/cdc_173620_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 502.38 KB ]