Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-25-359: Quincy Steel Casting Company, Inc.: No. Quincy, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Hollett, Bruce A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation determination conducted at the Quincy Steel Casting Company (SIC-3321) revealed potentially toxic exposures to crystalline silica (7631869) and iron oxide. Excessive silica exposures were found in all areas of the foundry and cleaning room, while iron oxide exposures occurred throughout the cleaning room and torch cut-off operation. Potentially toxic exposures were not found for lead (7439921), manganese (7439965), zirconium (7440677), fluoride, p,p'-diphenylmethane-diisocyanate, zinc (7440666) and isopropanol (67630). Limited area samples for asbestos (1332214) fibers were below the current recommended criteria. Recommended control measures are described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asbestos Carcinogens Dust Environmental Monitoring Ferrous Compounds Hazardous Substances Inorganic Chemicals Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide Toxicology Ventilation Welding

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Alcohols Crystalline Silica Dust-control Exposure-limits Hazards-Confirmed Heavy-metals Industrial-plants Iron-dust Iron Oxide Metallic-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 5 Primary-metallurgical-processes Silica-dusts Toxic-chemicals Transition-metals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7625359
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; North Quincy (MA) ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  29 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Geissert, Jack O. ; Burroughs, G. Edward ; Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Schutte, George R. ; Kupel, Richard E. ; Larkin, Robert L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00058640
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-269129
• 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 76-25-359, 1976 Dec ; :1-29
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Zirconium (CAS RN 7440-67-7) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3321 - Gray and ductile iron foundries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1b4ff932e8407bf848beac2cc2d3e17578f7074af03d912533b8fc88b1ad1db1add59059ffab9f9c1d85571c4d3829aac88e9179093677278428b4b3ecc358d3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173973/cdc_173973_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.80 MB ]