Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 77-97-482: Inland Steel Company, Indiana Harbor Works: East Chicago, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Evans, William A. ; Stroman, Raymond E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An investigation regarding employee exposure to inorganic lead (7439921) during the production of leaded steel for precision products of good machinability (SIC-3325) has been conducted. The area of concern was in the pouring stand of the Pit section of the basic oxygen furnace shop. Atmospheric samples for lead were collected on Millipore filters Type AA (mixed cellulose ester) with breathing zone using a battery powered vacuum pump. Area samples were collected with the same equipment along the pouring stand. The medical evaluation included interviews, physical examinations, and blood chemical analysis. It has been determined that a potential hazard to the health of the workers exposed to lead dust and fumes exists. Ten of thirteen personal samples for inorganic lead exceeded the proposed 100 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air (microgram/M3). Eight personal samples exceeded the current lead standard of 200 micrograms/M3. These concentrations ranged from 25 to 2600 micrograms/M3 of lead. Of the 16 blood lead analyses, three were in excess of 60 micrograms of lead per 100 milliliters of whole blood (60 micrograms/100ml), five were in the range of 40 to 60 micrograms/100ml, and eight were less than 40 micrograms/100ml. It is recommended that a blood lead level of 60 micrograms/100ml or less be allowed as a safe concentration. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Blood Dust Environmental Monitoring Hematologic Tests Lead Lead Poisoning Metals, Heavy Metal Workers Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling BLL Blood-sampling Blood Lead Level Dust Fume Fumes Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals HHE-77-97-482 Industrial-hygiene Inorganic Lead Lead Lead-compounds Lead-poisoning NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health OSHA Region 5 Steel-industry Steelworkers

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7797482
• 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:
  19 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Price, James H. ; Holthaus, Marie A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080137
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-291670
• 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 77-97-482, 1978 Apr ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3325 - Steel foundries, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:80a305c075e1055e85176bcd7ad3054f17b23c196ecd83d994636c27d666523ae10da0b57b4b68e2db569916b990b5677c583b16902ac88cf9e1101b45a7be41
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173837/cdc_173837_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.03 MB ]