Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 77-128-470: Bishop Tube Division, Christiana Metals, Inc.: Frazer, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Evans, William A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An investigation was conducted at the Bishop Tube Division of Christiana Metals to determine whether methyl-chloroform (71556), nickel (7440020) and chromium (7440473) vapors were present in hazardous amounts during the production of stainless steel tubing (SIC-3317). The tubing is used in heat exchangers, aircraft fire detection systems and hydraulic lines. Operations include annealing, welding and cold drawing. Personal and area samples were used to evaluate employee exposures. The personal samples were attached near the breathing zone of employees to collect a representative sample of air. Atmospheric samples for methyl-chloroform were collected on activated charcoal tubes. Atmospheric samples for total chromium and nickel metals were collected on 0.8 micron pore size mixed cellulose ester filters. Five employees were interviewed using nondirected questionnaire. Employee exposures to methyl- chloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane) did not constitute a health hazard during the degreasing/cutting operations observed. Personal and area air samples ranges in concentration from 3 to 73 parts per million (ppm), which are below the evaluation criteria of 350ppm. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Chlorine Compounds Environmental Monitoring Ethane Metals, Heavy Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety Trichloroethanes Ventilation
• Keywords:
  1,1,1-trichloroethane Air-contaminants Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Chlorine-compounds Cutting Degreasing Ethanes Fumes Hazard-Unconfirmed Heavy-metals HHE-77-128-470 Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health OSHA Region 3 Steel-industry Steelworkers TIG Welding Tubing

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Frazer (PA) ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Ivory, Margaret A. ; Ollinger, William
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080313
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-174087
• 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 77-128-470, 1978 Feb ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3317 - Steel pipe and tubes - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0908fc0c850386ef9115bfaa43566004c852f3c08cdd940c2670abe0e80faafe939500839ede2046418efe3221dae852cd9fee549eafd3292f1766a8a7fd6fc7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173821/cdc_173821_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 916.32 KB ]