Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-60-255: Transportation Products Division, National Steel Corporation: Portage, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Bloom, Thomas F.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on May 1, 1975 at the Transportation Products Division, National Steel Corporation, Portage, Indiana, a facility engaged in the production of nailable steel floorings (SIC-3316) for railroad cars. The survey was prompted by a request from an authorized representative of the 21 affected employees regarding lack of ventilation in the production welding area which allegedly causes high exposure to welding fumes in employees working in adjacent areas. It was determined that production welders were exposed to iron-oxide (1317619) fumes in excess of the Threshold Limit Value established for this effluent. This conclusion is based on breathing zone measurements and medical questionnaires completed for affected employees which provided evidence for the development of acute respiratory and eye irritation over the work shift. Recommendations for improved environmental control measures and work practices are outlined. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Ferrous Compounds Lung Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metal Workers Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Ventilation Welding

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Exposure-limits Hazard-Confirmed HHE-74-60-255 Industrial-plants Iron-oxide-fumes Iron Oxide Fume Metalworking-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Respiratory-irritation Welders

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7460255
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Portage (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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Borcherding, Charles H. Jr.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074989
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-240379
• 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 74-60-255, 1976 Jan ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Iron(II,III) oxide (CAS RN 1317-61-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3316 - Cold finishing of steel shapes - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e3b51d4edc0f4987733ceeacdd7a1873ba3d886c9308c9d04439c856e9095dd399c124e67bdc880754f6b40dcdfe7ddc4d76e0173840791f0213a3897ac9c446
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173895/cdc_173895_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.60 MB ]