Health-hazard evaluation report HETA 84-284-1701, Granite City Steel, Granite City, Illinois

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6916093

Almaguer, D; Orris, P

The International Chemical Workers Union requested an evaluation regarding potential employee exposures to a tar-like substance added to incoming coal. Bulk analysis of the material showed benzene/soluble coal tar-pitch volatiles and naphthalene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene, pyrene, ben(a)anthracene, chrysene, benzo(e)pyrene, benzo(a)pyrene, and benz(g,h,i)perylene. Personal air sampling showed that five of eight samples collected for benzene/solubles had concentrations of 88 to 141 micrograms/cubic meter (mg/m/sup 3/). The total particulate fraction collected from coal dust in the basement of the pulverizer building contained 1.6% quartz. Respirable coal dust in personal samples ranged from 0.14 to 1.52 mg/m/sup 3/. No cases of skin or respiratory cancer were reported among these workers. The authors recommend that coal tar sludge waste product be disposed of according to EPA regulations.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6916093
• Report Number(s): PB-87-105581/XAB; HETA-84-284-1701
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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