Walk-through survey of Chemetron Corporation, Inorganic Chemicals Division.

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• Personal Author:
  Cassidy ME ; Etchison B
• Description:
  Worker exposures to antimony (7440360) (SB) were surveyed at Chemetron Corporation Inorganic Chemicals Division (SIC-3339). The location of the facility was not reported. The company was under consideration for inclusion in a retrospective mortality study to determine the carcinogenicity of SB. Chemetron employed 82 hourly employees, 48 salaried employees, and had an onsite medical facility and an active safety program. General area and personal air samples were analyzed for SB, arsenic (7440382) (As), nickel (7440020) (Ni), and sulfur-dioxide (7446095) (SO2). In the SB production area personal SB exposures ranged from 0.21 to 3.2 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/cu m), and general air samples ranged from 0.43 to m. None of the As samples exceeded the OSHA standard of 0.5mg/cu m. No SO2 was detected. In the locker room and nickel-sulfate operation area, SB, Ni and arsenic concentrations were below OSHA legal standards of 0.5mg/cu m. The authors conclude that because workers at Chemetron are exposed to a variety of suspected carcinogens, this company should not be included in the proposed NIOSH study. Recommendations include improved ventilation and sampling methods and provision of protective devices and laundry services.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Engineering Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Control-methods Field-Study Health-surveys Industrial-processes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-health-programs Refineries Region-8 Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00107435
• 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, IWS 54-12, 1976 Dec; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Antimony (CAS RN 7440-36-0) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3339 - Primary nonferrous metals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:943bb978df855f60cac40ee87a13223d62464651dcfa15984db6244dfa82deffe3175968e88165de60fbd2972e1ed22f59738abfb90f6a842eb43c18e7b7cd87
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179079/cdc_179079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 786.34 KB ]