Industrial hygiene survey report at Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), Wenatchee Works, Wenatchee, Washington.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bloom, Thomas F.
• Description:
  Worker exposures to polynuclear-aromatic-hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined at the Aluminum Company of America (SIC-3361), Wenatchee Works, in Wenatchee, Washington, on August 22 to 24, 1978. The survey was part of a NIOSH study of the health effects of occupational PAH exposure. Approximately 355 of the workers at this facility were assigned to the potroom and carbon facility surveyed. Benzene soluble fraction concentrations ranged from less than 0.03 micrograms per cubic meter (CuM) to 0.35 micrograms/m3. Chrysene (218019) concentrations ranged from less than 0.14 micrograms/m3 to 3.00 micrograms/m3. Pyrene (129000) concentrations were in the range of less than 0.30 to 5.30 micrograms/m3. Fluoranthene (206440) concentrations ranged from less than 0.06 to 5.40 micrograms/m3. Benz(a)anthracene (56553) and benzo(a)pyrene (50328) concentrations ranged from less than 0.07 to 2.90 micrograms/m3, and from 0.02 to 2.50 micrograms/m3, respectively. There were no occupational health standards for these PAHs at the time of the survey.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Field-Study Health-surveys Metal-workers NIOSH-Author Polynuclear-hydrocarbons Region-10
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• 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:
  1-17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00124523
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 38- 22, 1981 Jul; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chrysene (CAS RN 218-01-9) ; Pyrene (CAS RN 129-00-0) ; Fluoranthene (CAS RN 206-44-0) ; Benzanthracene (CAS RN 56-55-3) ; Benzo[a]pyrene (CAS RN 50-32-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3361 - Aluminum Foundries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2660b53d776ee7fa06be814a8573ae09ac1d2178152de0834c6ae1785b2980e68818d6af5f7a0a8ff47d9376da89601765dd5b7be86c6de041df29c2f9cd3741
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179501/cdc_179501_DS1.pdf
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