Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-106-469: Fountain Foundry, Inc.: Pueblo, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Lybarger, Jeffrey A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An investigation to evaluate the potential exposures to lead (7439921), free silica (7631869) and total particulate during the operation of a grey iron (7439896) foundry (SIC-3321) has been performed. The foundry takes scrap metal (usually a mixture of cast iron and various other metal parts) and produces a molten metal from a furnace charged with coke and limestone. The molten metal is then poured into various types of sand molds, where products such as manhole covers are formed. Breathing zone air samples were taken for lead, free silica, and total particulate. A medical evaluation of 19 workers was also conducted. This evaluation included a medical history and physical examination with blood and urine biological tests. Two of 19 workers met the case definition for lead toxicity based on blood chemical analysis. Breathing zone air samples for lead exceeded recommended exposure criteria. Considerable exposure to total particulate containing free silica was also detected. It has been determined on the basis of medical and environmental evidence that a potential health hazard existed to workers exposed to lead and possible free silica at the foundry during this evaluation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Blood Dust Environmental Monitoring Lead Metals Metals, Heavy Metal Workers Occupational Health Particulate Matter Poisoning Safety Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Blood Lead Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin Foundries Free Silica Hazards-Confirmed Heavy-metals HHE-77-106-469 Industrial-hygiene Iron-working-industry Lead Metallic-poisoning Metalworking NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health OSHA Region 8 Total Particulate Urinary Lead

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE77106469
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Pueblo (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:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Nelson, Bonita ; Fehrman, Mary M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080133
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-137491
• 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 77-106-469, 1978 Feb ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3321 - Gray and ductile iron foundries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8fcc2f5ebacedfca7baaff4a96f5fb17165db83d1a8c152854e4ba886af9f2777c6d22c6512e44c5c98d900c64b4103040ea96a901b3fde7db9ad07ea7c28966
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173839/cdc_173839_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.86 MB ]