Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-99: Peerless Wire Goods Company: Lafayette, Indiana

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-99-55: Peerless Wire Goods Company: Lafayette, Indiana
• Personal Author:
  Kramkowski, Richard S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Evaluation of hazards from exposures to fumes of cyanide (57125), hydrogen chloride (7647010), nitric acid (7697372), zinc oxide (1314132) and chromium (7440473) fumes in electroplating processes, with standard concentrations given for the substances. The maximum concentration value obtained, for nitrate, is found less than 50 percent of the established standard for nitric acid, and all other substances appear at concentrations of 1 percent or less of the federal standards. Based on employee interviews and environmental samples, the substances are not potentially toxic at concentrations found or used in the zinc (7440666) electroplating process, although occasional periods of air concentrations in the electroplating area might produce irritation. Recommendations include provision of overhead exhaust ventilation, avoidance of cross-draft ventilation over the electroplating tanks, and use of an appropriate respirator. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Original title is missing part of the report number – full number is shown in alternate title
• Subjects:
  Chromium Electroplating Hazardous Substances Metals Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Poisoning Safety Ventilation Zinc Oxide
• Keywords:
  Chromium Cyanide Cyanide-poisoning Electroplating Electroplating-industry Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-72-99-55 Hydrochloric Acid Metal-poisoning NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Nitric Acid OSHA Region 5 Personal-protective-equipment Toxic-gases Toxic-substances Ventilation-systems Zinc Oxide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE729955
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Lafayette (IN) ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Smallwood, Anthony W. ; Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027256
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-229164
• 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 72-99-55, 1973 Jul ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cyanide (CAS RN 57-12-5) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Nitric acid (CAS RN 7697-37-2) ; Zinc oxide (CAS RN 1314-13-2) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:23d436fd352b1e692c3095d9940eba084099ef7eefe3fb87dc1bb0c13d474a1a70a02bf570b73910d8e1c4d4f0d92a1350ac2d1c2dfdfe600235106a58f7d517
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174193/cdc_174193_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.86 MB ]