Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-87-379: Hercules, Inc., Glens Falls Plant: Glens Falls, New York

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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 Hercules chromate pigment manufacturing plant (SIC-2816), Glens Falls, New York, on August 3-4 and October 4-6, 1976. An authorized representative of employees requested the investigation, after preliminary results from a Dry Color Manufacturer's Association sponsored study showed a higher than expected incidence of lung cancer mortality among chromate pigment producers. The medical files of all of the approximately 80 affected employees were reviewed, while 15 such employees were also interviewed. Environmental survey of the work area, including materials used, ventilation and work practices, revealed that seven employees were exposed to atmospheric levels of hexavalent chromium (7440473) exceeding the current ceiling levels, ranging from 7.5 to 98.2 micrograms per cubic meter
  
  three employees were exposed to atmospheric levels of inorganic lead (7439921) exceeding the current recommended ceilings for lead, ranging from 160 to 200 micrograms per cubic meter. No personal samples exceeded current OSHA standards for either hexavalent chromium or inorganic lead. Recommendations are made for improved ventilation, labeling of lead chromates, personal protective equipment, work practices and medical controls. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Carcinogens Chromium Environmental Monitoring Lead Lead Poisoning Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Preventive Medicine Safety Safety Management Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Chemical-carcinogens Chemical-processing-industry Chromium-poisoning Exposure-limits Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals Hexavalent Chromium HHE-76-87-379 Inorganic Lead Lead-poisoning Metal-poisoning NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 2 Preventive-medicine Safety-measures

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7687379
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Glens Falls (NY) ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  21 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Price, James H. ; Burroughs, G. Edward ; Meyer, Channing R. ; Hamilton, Marlene
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00069933
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273732
• 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 76-87-379, 1977 Apr ; :1-21
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2816 - Inorganic pigments - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a32ebf8074750a005c53b1af855c8a677f1f2ed880531c0c67ce6ef07aba2390e7c10a67014421046180934f090cc21019d9b550208f9513d4c01f09303f6780
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173946/cdc_173946_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.39 MB ]