Health Hazard Evaluation Report 71-1-4: Midwest Steel: Portage, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Ramos, Henry
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental survey for determination of employee exposure to fluorides, cyanides, hydrochloric-acid (7647010), and tin (7440315) from electroplating solutions at the electrolytic tinning line, with measurement also of exposure to excessive noise. The threshold limit value for toxic substances is exceeded in one case
  
  and noise is excessive in two cases. Recommendations are made for more effective location of controlled exhaust ventilation and for the plating solution mixing process, use of Bureau of Mines approved respirators in preparation of chemical solutions, elimination of noise at source, provision of hearing protection and audiometric examinations until noise is reduced, and continuing effort at good housekeeping and plant maintenance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Ear Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Irritants Metals Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Sense Organs Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contaminants Air-quality-measurement Cyanide Electrochemical-processes Environmental-control Fluorides Hazards-Confirmed Metal-fumes Mixtures Noise Noise-control Noise-levels OSHA Region 5 Respiratory-protection Safety-engineering Sanitation Tin Toxic-gases Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7114
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  National Steel Corporation
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Portage (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:
  16 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027194
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-229076
• 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 71-1-4, 1972 May ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hydrochloric acid, anhydrous (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Tin (CAS RN 7440-31-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d79cdae0ec4686d90d9eb9ddcf6bfac796e2c5c695f613f3c4f88466b8df455c1a22039dd1f4f089abe462c9e4bbd9c1cafb8150a35352e7d733d3ba39ea404a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52503/cdc_52503_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.21 MB ]