Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-106-384: Ajax Magnethermic Corporation: Warren, Ohio

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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 at the Ajax Magnethermic Corporation, a manufacturer of induction heating and melting systems (SIC-3567) such as for use in foundries, in Warren, Ohio, on December 6-7, 1976. An authorized employee representative requested the survey because the workers were complaining of headaches in certain areas of the facility. Environmental air sampling, confidential interview of seven of the 50 affected employees, evaluation of work procedures, and available toxicity information revealed that employee exposures at the burning table in the weld shop to total dust, iron-oxide (1317619), and manganese (7439965) did not constitute a health hazard, although during certain particular operations adequate ventilation should be provided. Employee exposure to total dust and n-butyl-glycidyl- ether (2426086) from an epoxy resin in the Bluecoat Spray Booth did not constitute a health hazard during the survey, although the workes should wear hand protective equipment to guard against dermatitis. In the Scotchcast Room of the Coil Department, ventilation was sufficient and employees wore skin protection, to the effect that a health hazard is not judged to exist there. For safety reasons, recommendations are made to modify the spray painting process. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Monitoring Ferrous Compounds Hazardous Substances Manganese Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Toxicology Ventilation Welding

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement BGE Control-measures Dust-control Dust-sampling Epoxy Resin Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-76-106-384 Induction Heating And Melting Systems Industrial-hygiene Industrial-plants Iron Oxide Metallic-dusts N-Butyl Glycidyl Ether NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Safety-equipment Safety-measures Total Dust Toxic-chemicals Transition-metals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE76106384
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Warren (OH) ; 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.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00069938
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273710
• 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 76-106-384, 1977 Apr ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Iron(II,III) oxide (CAS RN 1317-61-9) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; n-Butyl glycidyl ether (CAS RN 2426-08-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3567 - Industrial furnaces and ovens - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8d20f235502bd024dc49a78eab78cf562b275229d428313d0bec3946f6baa114a327b3b643c9650a5a3a607741cd77bcad66b21b82ba20801c5ecfb19ad6a36b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173941/cdc_173941_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.76 MB ]