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Babcox and Wilcox Nothing asbestos specific 1967 Operation/Hazard/Control Measure matrix 1941 dust complaint. Babcock and Wilcox Company Tubular Products Division Beaver Falls, Pa. 15010 OPERATION Welding - Arc Iron oxide fume Fluoride fume Os one Oxides of nitrogen CO & cc2 I.R. U 0.7. radiation Solvent vapor Sinclair Solvent Dermatitis Welding helmet & gloves worn Cutting Ends of Tubes Iron oxide dust Noise Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure Straightening None apparent None needed Visual Inspection 31owout of Pipe Prior to Pickling Iron oxide dust Pipes blown into waterfall booth Caustic Cleaning Gen. vent. Personal hygiene Pickling (5# Sulfuric Acid) Acid mist S0o Gas Dermatitis vent. Personal hygiene Ant.:-misting agent is also used. This agent Sumfoam made by Parken Chemical Co Pittsburgh, Pa. Heat Treating Furnaces (G.-s t- Fuel '"'il) Carbon monoxide Smoke Convective heat I.R. radiation Thermal exhaust vent] 1 t.i r. Ger. vent. Sporadic exposure Local exhaust vent, to -ut~:de Sporadic exposure Heatinr Furnac Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. radiation uoradic ninjiiiwupa iuui.l . Tiabcock end Wilcox Company Tubular Products Division Denver Palls, Pa. 15010 hazard CONTROL KP.A3UF.F Carbon monoxide Aldehyde vapors Snoke Convective heat I.R. radiation ventilation die exnosurc Caustic mist Dermatitis ene None apparent None needed Pickling (5$ sulfuric acid) Sulfuric acid mist Sulfur dioxide gas Dermatitis Sane anti-misting compounds used as listed for hot finishing department Phosnhste Sath Caustic mist Dermatitis Drawing Compound Dip Tank Dermatitis tf-Rcflse & Fatty Acids D. Whitfield Richards Co Benches Phosphate dust Oil mist Dermatitis ven Kent Treating (Gas) Controlled Atmosphere Furnaces (9:*- carbon monoxide) Carbon monoxide Convective heat l.Pi. radiation c exposure urface f< Internal Grinding Iron oxide dust Silicon carbide dust Noise Gen. vent exposure ermatitis Silica dust Iron oxide dust Local exhaust vent. t col L et r Babcock and .'ilcox Company Tubular Products Division Heaver Fells, Ps. 15010 CONTROL IT,'.OUT; South Kill Outline Fillets Ketftl Saws Sharpening Saws Iron oxide dust Oil mist Dermatitis Iron oxide dust Silicon carbide dust Carbon monoxide Smoke Convective heat I.R. radiation Iron oxide dust Convective heat I.R. radiation Gen. vent Thermal exhaust ventilation Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure Gen. vent Sporadic exposure Iron oxide dust Convective heat I.R. radiation Sporadic exposure Cooling 3eds Convective heat I.R. radiation Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure Iren oxide dust Hois e Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure Ultrasonic Inspection Ultrasonic sound Sporadic exposure This mill makes very small diameter tubes. All operations are automatic and control]! from control booths shielded from I.R. radiation. Tubes are finished in other depart ments. techine Forming & Tig '.'elding of Stainless Steel Tubing (Argon) Draw Benches Iron oxide fume Nickel oxide fume Chromium oxide fume Ozone Oxides of nitrogen CO & cop U.V. & I.R. radiation vent Shielded & enclosed operatic Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure uen Personal hygiene Babcock and Wilcox Cortpany Tubular Products Division leaver Falls, Fa. 15C1C Degreasing Caustic mist Dermatitis Sulfuric acid mist Sulfur dioxide gas Dermatitis Anti-misting compound also used Phosphate mist Dermatitis Dermatitis Swaging Cutoff Machines Mirna fl ux Insoe c ti or Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. radiation Iron oxide dust Convective heat I.R. radiation Nois e Steel dust Noise Ultraviolet radiation Geimatitis Gen. vent. Persunal hygiene Persona Gen. vent. Personal hygiene Personal hygiene Sporadic exposure Sporadic exposure urnaces Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. Radiation Carbon monoxide Aldehyde vapors Smoke Convective heat I.R, radiation Chromic acid mist Dermatitis Thermal exhaust vent Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure Sporadic exposur Local exhaust vshtilat Personal hygiene . Pah-cock and Wilcox Company Tubular Products Division 0aver Falls, Pa, 15&L0 OPERATION HAZARD Grinding External t Internal Iron oxide dust Silicon carbide dust Noise Wallace Run Steel Plant Loading Electric Furnaces (li) Operatir.R Electric Furnace Pouring Melt Into Ladle Relinin.e Ladles Iron oxide dust Nickel dust Chromium dust ''arcane se dust Silicon dust Limestone dust Coke dust Dermatitis Iron oxide fume Chromium fume Nickel fume Smoke Convective heat I.R. radiation Noise Above fumes Convective heat I. R. radiation Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. radiation Silica dust Soaking Pits flas and Fuel Oil) Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. radiation 'our 1 Convective heat Iron oxi^e fume Chromium fume Nickel fume Smoke Convective heat I.R. radiation CONTROL MFASURF Gen. vent Sporadic exposure Air supplied sand t-lastine hood & dust respirator nrcvided Gen. vent Sporadic exposure Same as above Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure Gen. vent Sporadic exposure - approved respirators available Thermal exbar Sporadic exposure approved resrirat Personal cool i raj  Babcock And Wilcox Company Tubular Products Division leaver Falls, Pa. 1J010 OPERATION HAZARD Pressing Ingots into Blooms Iron oxide dust Convective heat Radiant heat Scarfing Gas & Oxygen Iron oxide fume CO k CO Ozone Oxides of nitrogen I.R. & 'J.V. radiation Swing Grinders Iron oxide dust and fume Silicon carbide dust Noise Hot Rolling Operation Iron oxide dust Convective heat Radiant heat Noise Caustic mist Dermatitis Pickling (5? sulfuric acid) Sulfuric acid mist Sulfur dioxide gas Dermatitis Turninr of Rolls Iron oxide dust Oil mist Dermatitis nodular iron rolls Konnel Loading F.lectric Furnaces Coke dust Steel dust Chromium dust Nickel dust Manganese dust Silicon dust Limestone dust CONTROL MEASURE Shielding and distance Gen. vent Protective clothing, gloves & face shield worn Local exhaust ventilation Sporadic exposure Operations controlled from contro booth Gen. vent. Personal hygiene ersonal hygien Gen. vent Personal h Debeock an,I Wilcox Company Tabular Products Division Beaver Falls, Pa. 15010 Sept. 12 & 13, 1967 0Pi.T. ATI ON HAZARD CONTROL K,,ASLIRE Oxygon Lancing ixxiku and Degasing Above fumes Convective heat I.R. radiation Noise Operation perforned beneath overhead exhaust fan A Sporadic exposure Pouring from Furnaces into Ladle Above fumes Smoke Convective heat I.R. radiation Same as above Pouring Metal into Ingots Same as above Same as above Pouring operations are handled autonvitically from remote controlled crane. Relining of Ladles Silica dust Sporadic exposure - approved respirators available Soaking Pits Gas Fired Blooming Mill Carbon monoxide Smoke I.R, radiation Convective heat Iron oxide dust Convective heat I.R. radiation Gen. vent. II II Sporadic exposure Gen. vent. air c Operations controlled from re control booth tioned riot Rolling Iron oxide dust I.R. radiation Convective heat Nois e Operations controlled from ei diticned control booth Sawing of Blooms Iron oxide du3t Noise Operations controlled front ai ditioned control booth Flame Scarfing (Gas L Oxygen) Carbon monoxide Iron oxide fume I.R. t- U.V. radiation Noise Gen. vent. ft II ",, Protective clothing & face s! Bar Kill Heating furnace (Gas) Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. radiation Thermal exhaust vent!latiun Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure Iron oxide dust Convective heat I.T!. radiation Air conditioned eo..tml r a) FA S J 360 Norii 3UCi L - ; : 7 1 ~y'1' UjU n Mussura Consititsion Ebcock and V.'ilcox Company Tubular Products Division leaver Falls, Pa, 15010 HAZARD CONTROL MEASURE Hot Forming Mills (Forcing Fittings Over Mandrils) Carbon monoxide gas Convective heat Radiant heat Gen. vent Sporadic exposure Finish Grinding Carborundum dust Steel dust Noise Sporadic exposure Tumbling and Kotoblasting Steel dust Noise Local exhaust ventil.fi t outside collector Sporadic exposure Heating Furnace Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. radiation Thermal exhaust ventilation Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure Stamping & Forming of Parts fh.*-/ Convective heat Iron oxide dust Noise I.R. radiation Gen. vent Sporadic exposure Two large stamping operations have local exhaust ventilation on them general air dilution. uvens Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. radiation Thermal exhaust ventilation Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure 'ater vouching Convective heat I.R, radiation hot Blasting Local exhaust vent, to outside colle ctor Machin i r,g Drill Press Lathe Mult ini'* dri Iron oxide fume Fluoride fume CO & co2 Ozone Oxides of nitrogen U.V. & I.R-. radiation Gen. vent Macoitf ------------------------------------_ 1 Bibcock and bileox Company Tubular Products Division Reaver Falls, Pa. 15010 Sept. 12 & 13 1967 Page 13 of 17 OPERATION HAZARD CONTROL ERASURE Ultrasonic Inspection Ultrasonic sound Sporadic exposure D1d Painting 9 Toluene vapor Exhaust fan over din tanks in drying area Paint Stripning Operating Caustic mist Cakite Stripper Q-4 Dernwtitis Gen. vent. - sporadic operation Personal hygiene Cs3 Lift Trucks Carbon monoxide Aldehyde vapors Smoke Gen. vent. II II 11 II Extrusion Department Sawing Billets Iron oxide dust Oil mist Dermatitis Gen. vent. tt tl Personal hygiene Sharpening Saws Iron oxide dust Silicon carbide dust Gen. vent. It II Degreasing of Billets Caustic mist OH Cleaner,Wyandotte Chemical Company Dermatitis Gen. vent. Personal hygiene Rotary Heating Furnace (Gas Fired) Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. radiation Ger., vent. II II Sporadic exposure Electric Induction Furnace J.R. radiation Convective heat Automatic operation - sporadic exr.v* Gen. vent. Piercing of Billets Iron oxide dust Gen. vent. Class dust Convective heat It II n 11 1 I.R. radiation Shielding & distance Fleetric Induction Furnace Convective heat I.R. radiation Gen. vent. Automatic operation A- spov -Jic . . i Extrusion Press Iron oxide fxKR dust Class duct Convective heat I.K. radiation Gen. vent. II II If It Automatic 'pert;<>u - s. . 1/ ` ` 1 Dv ' I '* . 7120-0030 iiitij'iftl'tf'itinifal Babcock and W'ilccx Company Tubular Products Division Beaver Falls, Pa, 15010 C0NTP0L iSASlT Burning (Oxygen-Gas) Iron oxide fume CO !< C02 Ozone Oxides of nitrogen I.E, & U.V, radiation 'n'elding goggles ft gloves worn Machining Drill ' Lathe Planer Grinder Kill oft ws Iron oxide dust Stainless steel dust Aluminum dust Brass dust Aluminum oxide dust Silicon carbide dust Oil mist Dermatitis vent Personal hygiene We]dj nr Department Submerged arc welding Arc Welding Tig Welding Kig Welding Iron oxide fume Fluoride fume Ozone Oxides of nitrogen CO & co2 I.R, & U.V. radiation Gen. vent Welding helmet & gloves worn Company has two flexible duct local exhaust systems that can be operated in any of the above welding station whenever they are necessary. adiation Shielding, warning si distance Steam Cl Caustic mist Sprax Dubois Chemical Co Dermatitis Solvent vapors Sinclair solvent Dermatitis Caustic mist Spray Dubois Chemical Co 3S-25 Chemoheerch Corp. Derma tit is Booth exhaust ventilation mBi* ' r,~ : tissm Babcock and ''-i] cox Company Tubular Products Division Beaver Palls, Pa. 15010 HAZARD Lead Soldering Lead oxide fume Tin oxide fume Fluoride fume Dermatitis No silver soldering operations performed Cutting Threading Grinding Arc '-'`elding Iron oxide dust Oil mist Dermatitis Iron oxide fume Fluoride fume CO & co2 Ozone Oxides of nitrogen I.R. & U.V. radiation control measur:-; Gen. vent. - sporadic Gen. vent Personal hygiene uen Mixing of Paint Sawing Planing Mailing Power Plant Solvent vapor Toluene Mineral Spirits Gen. vent Gen, vent. xxaxsrxXiKXxxKWSxj'a Sporadic exposure Carbon monoxide Convective heat I.R. radiation Thermal exhaust ventiVGen. vent. Sporadic exposure Generator Room Iren oxide dust Aluminum oxide dust Oil mist Demttltis HAZARD Trichloroethylene vapor Dermatitis rlectric Heat Treating Purna ce Oil Quenching Convective heat I.R. radiation Carbon monoxide Aldehyde vapor Smoke Convective heat I.R. radiation Local exhaust ventilation Thermostatic controls Fersonal hygiene Gen. vent. Sporadic exposure Local exhaust ventilation Sporadic exposure Alcohol vapor Acid mist Dermatitis Iron oxide dust Polisher dust Chemical fuming hood Personal Enclosed operation - wet male Testing Machines 7-ray Defractometer (AG KV) nalytical Lab Emission Spectrometer Ionizing radiation Iron oxide fume CO ti co2 Ozone Oxides of nitrogen U.V. radiation Various acids, bases & solvents Dern.? tit is Laboratory fume hood Persona] hygiene r- ( gp8|j SsgSfc Wt SUBJECT: Bctcoci: E!'d Wi lCOX Co Mr- Allen E. Dooley FROM Shurrnh COMMONWEALTH or PENNSYLVANIA HAJtRiDeuna f 1101 Arrott Bull<51 ng Pittsburgh, Pc. //a f<. In response to conplolnt mode by Mrs. Devid R. Turnbull or. 1941 und received In this office on October 9, 1941 egein.-t the Bf.bcock end Wilcox Co. of Deuvcr Pells en investigation was modo or. 0cto Turnbull woe contacted first fit her home. Her son v.ho worked he polishing machine during the simmer was also present, et the interview Turnhull stated that the men working at subjected to a concentration of "emory" dust polishing machine were teal port!cl inc r cn.tion of the machine 7. A. Vebe persor.ne director of tho Babcock r.nc '.''ilcox C vi. th'-r interviewed. The hut down at thin particular time, .o > eco3sury at thin time Mr. Weber stated thi was not tho company policy and thn not known to him. lie assure: interviewer: that he would give us every opportunity to invest ignte itlonr surrounding tot only tho bonding room 890 North S<; ?. PA His'i'nca) i-J <** NWEALTH OF PEN NSYU V AWT A HARRISBURG Babcock & Wilcor Tube Mill leaver Falls, FaT~~---------- V.Tri. 3, FMlton, U.D., Director Bureau of Industrial Hygiene FROM, Allan E. Dooley October 21, 1941 Mr. Stang made a preliminary investigation of the bending shop in the above-named plant in response to a complaint received from Mrs. Dsvid R. Turnbull, 3215 College Avenue, Beaver Falls, Pa. It was impossible to visit the bending shop because of a strike but Mr. Stang interviewed Mr. F.A. Weber, Personnel Director, who said that he was unaware of the condition which caused the complaint. Mr. Weber promised to see that the blower on the polisher would be repaired. When the plant resumes work, an engineer of the Pittsburgh office will make an inspection of the operation. Eabcock..and ilcox to 6'i7f,r Falls, Pu. October 07, i34l Vrr.. B. Fulton, V,.Tj. , U.P.H., Director Bureau of Indue trial Hygiene FROM .linn h. Dooley Mr. Stn revisited this plant on October 17 in response to a complaint from Hrs. David ft. Turnbull, 3hlb College nva., Beaver Falls, Pa. rfir. Crau, Bufety Director, explained that the plant it being modernized and enlarged. It was found on inspection of the operation referred to in the letter of complaint, that local xbausi ventilation was provided. The abrasive material used is carborundum, atmospheric samples may be collected and analysed it a lat6*" dat" when the reconstruction is complete. There are no recommendations at this time. pft Hr :