Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-91-451: Chemetron Corporation: Monticello, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Gilles, Dawn M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on August 8 and October 3, 1977, at the Chemetron Corporation in Monticello, Indiana, a producer of stick electrodes and dual shield cord wires for use in welding (SIC-3623). The survey was prompted by a request from an authorized representative of the approximately 50 affected employees regarding exposure to asbestos (1332214), silica (7631869), and chromates. Reported symptoms included shortness of breath, exhaustion and tension. Based on the results of environmental samplings, employee interviews, observation of work practices and a review of pertinent literature, it was determined that a health hazard due to employee exposures to nuisance dust, crystalline silica, and other materials in the production of stick electrodes and dual shield cord wires did not exist within the worksite at the time of evaluation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide Skin Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Asbestos-dust Crystalline Silica Dual Shield Cord Wires Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-77-91-451 Industrial-plants Metallic-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nuisance Dust OSHA Region 5 Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Stick Electrodes Welding-electrodes

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7791451
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Monticello (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:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Burroughs, G. Edward ; Holthaus, Marie A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00076130
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-278047
• 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 77-91-451, 1977 Dec ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• NORA Priority Area:
  Respiratory-system-disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3623 - Welding Apparatus, Electric - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e3816a53a99df9640e2d3e3713ac93bf129ef44e3c7918b4627f646aa6b18d84c536f9cda39f9270467b3abb68e5052b1179ff856c36173469241df0e53127d4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173860/cdc_173860_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 504.10 KB ]