Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-86-389: Allied Chemical Corporation: Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Evans, William A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH in the chromium nitrate production (SIC-2819) area of the Allied Chemical Corporation facility in Marcus Hook, Pa., on November 21, 1976. An authorized representative of the employees requested the investigation in order to determine whether any substances normally found in the work areas had potentially toxic effects in the prevailing concentrations. The employee exposure to hexavalent chromium, as measured during the survey, did constitute a potential health hazard, both samples taken exceeding the OSHA ceiling standards of 100 micrograms of hexavalent chromium per cubic meter of air for chromic-acid (7738945) and chromates, as well as the NIOSH recommended ceiling of 50 micrograms per cubic meter for noncarcinogenic hexavalent chromium. Neither sample exceeded the recommended standard of 25 micrograms per cubic meter of breathing zone. The interview of one "affected" employee failed to reveal any health complaints. Recommended engineering controls to eliminate the potential health hazard include capture velocities of 100 to 200 feet per minute to control the dust release, a lateral local exhaust system around the rim of the material addition porthole, and improved respiratory protection program. A medical surveillance program that will allow the monitoring of chronic diseases, especially cancer, is also recommended. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Chromates Chromium Coloring Agents Dust Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals, Heavy Neoplasms Occupational Health Poisoning Preventive Medicine Safety Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Chemical-processing-industry Chromium (III) Nitrate Chromium (VI) Chromium-poisoning Control-measures CrO3 Dust-control Exposure-limits Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals Hexavalent Chromic Acid Anhydride HHE-76-86-389 Industrial-plants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 Pigments Preventive-medicine Toxic-chemicals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7686389
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Marcus Hook (PA) ; OSHA Region 3
• 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. ; Kim, Soo Wang
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00069943
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273909
• 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 76-86-389, 1977 Apr ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromic acid (CAS RN 7738-94-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2819 - Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7a3cd611d56b097f169480329a5f2dae9efbb2adb97230a6c239ca69d4c3199962d302c5e5219ac3986412b090432b45fc46f4ffdd0cf5aec4915cbbae7a3356
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173936/cdc_173936_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.17 MB ]