Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 78-25-488: Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation: Yorkville, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burroughs, G. Edward
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation to determine possible hazardous exposure to monoethanolamine (141435) (MEA) and carbon-monoxide (630080) (CO) through leakage at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, (SIC-3312) Yorkville, Ohio was made. The plant is involved in treating and finishing steel produced in other facilities. The study was requested after sore throat complaints from workers in the HNX area where carbon-monoxide is oxidized to carbon-dioxide and removed using an MEA solution. MEA samples were collected on silica (7631869) gel. CO samples were collected using certified length of stain detector tubes. Employees were interviewed regarding work histories and health problems. Sixteen of 18 atmospheric samples of MEA were below the limits of detection by current techniques. The remaining two breathing zone samples of HNX operators were 2.1ppm and 1.0ppm. Such exposure might contribute to frequent sore throat complaints in employees. CO samples were below the recommended 8 hour time weighted average environmental limits. It was concluded that MEA exposure is a possible contributor to frequent sore throats among workers. Drying up standing MEA puddles, cleaning the substance from pipes and machinery, and reducing leakage were recommended. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Amines Environmental Monitoring Ethanolamine Irritants Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contaminants Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Alcohols Carbon Monoxide Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-78-25-488 Industrial-hygiene Monoethanolamine NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Oxides Respiratory-irritants Steel-industry Steel Finishing Steel Treating

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7825488
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Yorkville (OH) ; 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:
  7 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Morris, Linda
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080917
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-143341
• 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 78-25-488, 1978 May ; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethanolamine (CAS RN 141-43-5) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3312 - Blast furnaces and steel mills - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:92e31a8c2c2085df8c3518f6d1c2dda12577b4110462e20fe8e5f789ac405a6c6ed67c66d30c5fd04a44bc9698b22fead9108130a15cf83c8e21429573d7067e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173810/cdc_173810_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB ]