Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-187-151: Amax Aluminum Mill Products Company: Riverside, Calif. 92501

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• Personal Author:
  Bodner, Arnold H. ; Okawa, Melvin T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Dross dust, composed of aluminum-oxide (1344281) and potassium- chloride (7447407), and fumes from aluminum melting furnaces are found to be not toxic as observed in the furnace area during normal operating conditions in scrap reclamations. Recommendations are included for elimination of potential health hazards from heat stress during the summer months, noise, and asbestos (1332214). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Aluminum Compounds Asbestos Dust Environmental Pollution Inorganic Chemicals Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Airborne-particulates Aluminum-industry Dross Dust Environmental-contamination Fumes Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-73-187-151 Hot-metal-processes Metal-fumes Metals Mineral-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 9 Respirable-dust

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73187151
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Riverside (CA) ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027963
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246472
• 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 73-187-151, 1974 Oct ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Aluminum oxide (CAS RN 1344-28-1) ; Potassium chloride (CAS RN 7447-40-7) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c360eceed222dc8c70f9ad7394a3b64ac210f2f90835dacc1cf627a54e83f98109b7af95f2ba99b163b770884c86aec1d8e6a1869c46ef3ee8fc7b32ad35170c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174125/cdc_174125_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.47 MB ]