Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report: HHE-77-124-479: Interlake Steel Inc.; Newport, Kentucky

Gilles, Dawn M.

doi:10.26616/NIOSHHHE77124479

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CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners. As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.

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Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report: HHE-77-124-479: Interlake Steel Inc.; Newport, Kentucky

1978/04/01
By Gilles, Dawn M.
Series: Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)

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Gilles, Dawn M.
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Description:

An evaluation of employee exposure to soluble oil during steel pipe manufacture (SIC-3312) has been made. Throughout the building during the time of this investigation, drums of coal, coke or wood materials were being burned to provide heat in the building. Several workers reported that the fires were being started or periodically renewed using the coating oil. Personal breathing zone samples for oil mist were collected. Nondirected medical questionnaires were administered to 12 randomly selected individuals to determine if they were experiencing any health problems which they felt were work related. It has been determined on the basis of environmental sampling that the levels of oil mist, welding fumes, mineral spirits, toluene (108883) and xylene (1330207) did not exceed recommended criteria on an 8 hour time weighted average concentration basis. However, results of employee interviews indicated workers are experiencing eye and upper respiratory irritation which they related to the open burning fires used to provide heat. Based on these complaints and on good housekeeping and safety practices, the open fires should be replaced with an appropriate alternative source of heat.
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Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sense Organs Sense Organs, Injuries
Keywords:

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Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Aromatic-hydrocarbons Eye And Upper Respiratory Irritation Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-77-124-479 Industrial-hygiene Minerals Mineral Spirits NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health Oil Mist Oils Organic-solvents OSHA Region 4 Steel-industry Toluene Welding Fumes Xylene
Series:

Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE77124479
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4

Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4 Less -
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:

1-8
NIOSHTIC Number:

00080135
NTIS Accession Number:

PB-291671
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 77-124-479, 1978 Apr; :1-8
CAS Registry Number:

Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)

Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) Less -
Federal Fiscal Year:

1978
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

3312 - Blast furnaces and steel mills - (SIC 1987)
Resource Number:

HHE-77-124-479
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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