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October 09, 1975 i kue31 ionnaire from the Lead Induetries Aooc ia t ion , Inc., Concernin': i'rnpoGed OCHA health Standards for Lead Lxnosure In connection with its preparation of a response to OSHA's proposed standard with respect to occupational exposures to inorganic lead, the Lead Ind.uc tries Associ ation , Inc. ("LIA" ) has undertaken to collect information from Its member companies. Please complete this form and return It as soon as possible (but no later than December 12, 1975) to Dr. Donald R. Lvnam, 6th Floor, 292 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017 1. Name. Please state the name and address, of your company and the name and position of the person responsible for completing this form: Sc. Joe Minerals Corporation Herculaneum Lead Creel tins Division Herculaneum, Missouri 63018 D. H. Beilstein - Chief Metallurgist 2. Studies a. Has your company undertaken, or does it have in 'its possession, any studies concerning the effects of occupational exposure to lead? Yes __ _ No xx . b. If so, state with respect to each such study (I) the nature or subject matter of the study, (II) the date on which the study was prepared, and (ill) the identity of the person(s) who prepared the study: CONFIDENTIAL DR111 02842 c. In your company willin'' lo make copica or ouch studies available to LIA? Yes tlo . -- ; 3. Environment a 1 Monitorinn a. Does your company conduct air-load level monitor ing with respect to any o f its one rat .Lons ? Yes g-p llo ____. If so, please answer questions " b" through "h" below. b. At what plants or operations is such monitoring conducted? Herculaneum leal Smelting Division c. How frequently is such monitoring conducted? Centinuouslv d. How is such monitoring conducted (nature of equip ment , placement of equipment, time of exposure, etc . ) ? Low Volume Samplers - (SEW - see packet sent you previously for locations) ' Personal Samplers - various individuals and jobs. . e. What have the results of such monitoring been in terms of the range of air-lead concentrations? 100 - 2,000+ f. What have the results of such monitoring been in terms of particle size? lio particle size data CONFIDENTIAL DR111 02843 2 g. What have the results of ouch monitoring been in terms of compound type and solubility? do data, bat primarily PbO , I h. Would your company make any of its environmental monitoring data available to LIA upon request? Yes xx No . Biological Monitoring a. Does your company conduct biological monitoring to determine the effects of occupational exposure to lead? Yes xx No . If so, please answer questions "b" through !*h M below. b. What type of biological monitoring (e_., blood lead, ALA, ALA-D, urinary lead, urinary copro- . porphyrins) does your company conduct? Fb(3) - c. At what plants or operations is such monitoring conducted? Herculaneum d. How frequently and with respect to how many em ployees is such monitoring conducted? Every man, every 3 months. CONFIDENTIAL 3 DR 111 02844 e. How Ions; have such monitoring programs been in effect? 1C years apprcxima-. f. What have the results of such monitoring been in terms of the range of blood-lead or urine-lead concentrations? ^ 0 --i "* -Uqp- w . -JL at 80 '-U:, we rerr.cve ir cm exposure. g. Has there been any employee or union resistance to biological monitoring? Yes xx No ____ . If so, specify the nature and extent of the resist ance and the effect of such resistance on your company's current program. Do not like being pricked, but minimal.and.by a group ' who don't like anvthins. ' h. Would your company make any of its biological monitoring data available to LIA upon request? Yes xx No . 5. Exposure Levels a. State the approximate number of persons employed by your company: 650 . Of these, approxi- ' . mately how many are occupationally exposed to lead on a regular basis: h-5Q . b. To the extent possible, state the approximate number of workers employed by your company who during a material portion of each working day are exposed to air-lead level concentrations of: I. less than 50 ug/m^: 50-100 II. 50 ug/m^ or more: 550-600 CONFIDENTIAL 4 DR111 02845 111. iv. 100 ug/m^ or more: 150 ug/m^ or more: 831-"- c. To the extent possible, state the approximate number of workers employed by your company who are occupationally exposed to lead and who have blood-lead level concentrations of: 1. less than 60 ug/lQOg: c cc c ii. 60 ug/lOOg or more: sum iii. 70 ug/lOOg or more: iv. 80 ug/lOOg or more: 12 1/27 3 1/2P v 22 Medical Data a. How many of the persons employed by your company have suffered from or have claimed to have suf fered from lead poisoning, lead intoxication or associated disabilities during each of the past 10 years? 1966 - k 1970 - 1 197^ - 3 1967 - 18 1971 - G 1975 - 2 , 1968 - 6 1972 - 3 1969 - 3 1973 - 0 b. 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Cf--v| trt-->-1 X d dx 0 o EO dX 2c X X X X C oo X r0_ .j >3 0) X 0 X cO VO ro r--1 o c 0 0 c X d C.H t--t dX d o o 3 6 aX d 0 X 0X 3: > 0 d d O d X o Cm X X* X X X o 3: . n tfHcr*j cr^ rH C' 1 VO 'X C-31 I11 t-- VO OrH' CO VOO' '--4 VOOv O.0' 5 o t-- O,--1' I 1--t hOr t' x00 CM O < r~ T""' T~" cr Q M3 x / 7 . Compliance' rroceedinrs a. Hus your company been the subject of any 03HA compliance proceedings with respect to the exist!:;.: health standards for occupational ex posure to lead? Yes v No . b. * If question "a" above has been answered in the affirmative, please state with respect to each such proceeding: (i) the date of the proceeding, (ii) the allegations of non-compi-iance, and (iii) the outcome or present status of the proceeding. c. Is your company.willing to make copies of the OSHA citations available to LI A? Yes xx No . 8. Proposed Participation in OSHA Proceedings a. Does your company intend to submit written comments in response to the proposed OSHA standard? Yes No ____ . b. Docs your company intend to request a public hear ing or to request that it be permitted to partici pate if such a public hearing is held? Yes ** No ____ c. Docs your company intend to submit an economic impact statement concerning the effect of the proposed standard? Yes xx No _____. d. Does your company expect to contact any of the following with respect to the proposed standard? I. Small Business Administration? Yes ____ No . II. Bureau of Nines? Yes xx No . coNf\oent'aL CR111 02848 7 ; ill. ^'vicr cdr ! ni s trat 1 ve r.~encicr. or depart:ne n t s ? Yes No (If co, please specify which agencTes cr~cfepartmencs . ) iv. Congressional representatIves? Yes No___ . (If so, please specify which repre sentatives* ) d. Can you surgest any doctors, biochemists, hygien ists or other industrial consultants who might be willing to act as expert witnesses at a public hearing or in connection with the preparation of written comments concerning the prooosed standard? Yes ____ No xx__. If so, please state the name, address and telephone number of each such person and describe briefly his area of expertise. y*l'. CONHOENTIAL Qf\111 02B^9 8 0 c t o b e 2 9, 1975 luc;;t 1 anna ire from the Lead Industries A a:; oc iat ion , :r:e., Concern inTM Proposed OS HA Health 0 lard"', rd s for Lead r;'no cure In connection with its preparation of a response to OSHA's proposed standard with respect to occupational exposures to inorganic lead , the Lead Industries Associ ation, Inc. ("LIA") has undertaken to collect information from its member companies. 11use connlrtn this ^o^m and return It ns soon as nosstbl0 (hut no later than Oeccmt-er 12, 1975^ to Dr. Qnnald R. Lynnm, 6th Floor, 292 Hadison Avenue, New York, New York 10017 1. Harm. Please state the name and address of your company and the name and nosit ion of the person responsible for completinr, this form: Sc. Joe Minerals Corporation Zinc Smelting Division P. 0. Box A Monaca, Pa. 15061 R. A. Kurey, Director of Environmental Control 2. StudJ es a. Has your company undertaken, or does it have in it3 possession, any studies concerning the effects of occupational exposure to lead? Yes ____ No X . b. If so, state with respect to each such study (i) the nefure or subject matter of the study, (ii) the date on which the study was prepared, and (ill) the identity of the person(s) who prepared the study: . CONFIDENTIAL .1A 02850 OB c . !' vour ccmpnny w i 11 i n ~ to nake copies of 3 UC h studies available to LIA? Yes ____ No ____ 3. Environmental Mcnitorinr a. Dees veur company conduct air-lead level mcr.it or- Ing with respect to any of its operations Yes x 1o ____. If so, please answer questions "b" through 'll" below. -- b. At what plants or operations is such monitoring . conducted? A. Hi Vol Sampling; - Roaster Plant, Leach Plant, Sinter Plant, Sinter plant ESP Bin Rooms, Dust Roaster, Furnace Plant (Bin Area), Secondary Materials Process B. Personal Sampling - All of the above except the Secondary Materials Process c. How frequently is such monitoring conducted? A. Hi Vol - Once every eight weeks B. Personal - Program just initiated - only one set of samples in each area. Frequency of sampling will be twice annually. d. How is such monitoring conducted (nature of equip- merit, placement of equioment, time of exoosure, etc.)? `` A HI Vol - Sampling rate .42 cubic raeters/min. for 1/2 hour. Sampling done in areas of highset expected exposure. A total of 50 sample locations throughout the plant. B Personal - Sampling rate 1.61/m - 8 hour TWA - Monitoring potentially exposed personnel in each of the above departments for a total of 185 samples. '/hat have the results of such monitoring been in terms of the range of air-lead concentrations? A . Hi Vol Combined Leach Plant, Sinter Plant ESP Bin Room and Dust Roaster 898 data points range none detected to 10 mg/ar*, geometric mean .032 mg/m?, 957# prediction limits maximum .82 mg/m^, Roaster plant 824 data points range - none detected - 26 mg/m , geometric mean .058 me/nr , 957. prediction limits max. 1.39 mg/nr . (continued on attached sheet) f, V/hat have the result3 of such monitoring been in terms of particle size? None CONFIDENTIAL OR111 02851 2 g, What have the results of such monitoring been in terms of compounc type and solubility? None h. Would your company make any of its environmental monitoring data available to LIA upon request? Yes X ho . ^ BloIogVcal Monitoring a. Does your company conduct biological monitoring to determine tlie effects of occupational exposure to lead? Yes x No . If so, please answer questions "b'f through 1kh" below. b. What type of biological monitoring (e. 2.. , blood lead, ALA, ALA-D, urinary lead, urinary coproporphyrlns) does your company conduct? Blood leads, urinary leads, hemoglobin, hematocrit We have post data on coproporphyrina. We discontinued coproporphyrin analysis in 1975, c. At what plants or operations Is such monitoring conducted? Roaster Plant Sinter Plant Electrostatic Precipitator Bin Rooms Acid Plant (lead burners) Research Department (lead development group) d. How frequently and with respect to how many em ployees is such monitoring conducted? The following biological monitoring is performed for 130 employees classified as being in potential lead exposure areas. Blood teats-yearly Urinary blood checks - quarterly Hemoglobin, and hematocrit - quarterly CONFIDENTIAL 3 OR111 02853 e. Hev/ Ion?; have such monitoring programs been in effect? Data is available back to 1960. We have computerized the data from 1967 to the present. ' f. V.'hat have the results of such monitoring teen in terms cf the range of blood-leader urine-lead c oncent rat ions ? Blood leads Dust Roaster, Sinter Plant ESP Bin Rooms - 154 tests average .038 mg/100 g, 957. confidence limits, minimum .014 mg/100 g, maximum .062 mg/100 g Blood leads Roaster Plant - 417 tests, geometric mean .033 mg/100 g 957. confidence limits, minimum .018 mg/100 g, maximum .060 mg/100 g g. Has there been any employee or union resistance to biological monitoring? Yes ___ No x If so, specify the nature and extent of the resist ance and the effect of such resistance on your company's current program. h. Would your company make any of its biological monitoring data available to LIA upon request? Yes x No . * Expos^r^ Levels a. Elate the approximate number of persons employed by your company: 1600 . Of these, approxi mately how many are occupationally exposed to lead on a regular basis: ______130 . b. To the extent possible, state the approximate number of workers employed by your company who during a material portion of each working day are exposed to air-lead level concentrations of: i . less than 50 ug/m^: ii. 50 ug/m^ or more: 1510 90 CONFIDENTIAL a ill. 100 ug/mr5 or more: 60 iv. 150 ug/m-^ or core: 30 To the extent possible, 3tate the approximate nurber of workers employed by your company who arc occupationally exposed to lead and who have blood-lead level concentrations of: 1. less than 60 um/lQOg: 122 ii. 60 ug/lGOg or cere: 8* ill. 7 0 ug/lOOg or more: 3* iv. 80 ug/lQCg or more: 1* * These numbers reflect employees who have at one or more time bad bipod, lead indicated concentrations. 6, Medical Data levels in th a. How many of the persons employed by your company have suffered from or have claimed to have auffrc-I frr;n lead poisoning, lead Intoxication or associated disabilities during each of the past 10 years? None b. With respect to each of the persons referred to in question "a" above, state briefly (i) the nature of the actual or claimed poisoning, intoxication or disability, (ii) the type of work performed by the person, and (lii) the month and year of the actual or claimed poisoning, intoxication or dis ability . c0MP' DW" 02855 5 c. How many employee nick-daya, if any, has your com pany exnerienced in each of the pact 10 yearn which were cauned by or were claimed to have been caused by tlie health effects of occupational exponure to lead? Hone d. How many accidents or Job injuries, if any, has your comnany experienced in each cf the pant 10 yearn which were caused by or were claimed to hnvc been cauned by the health effects of occupa tional exponure to lead? None e. Has your company undertaken or have in its possession any studies of or data concerning the correlation, if any, between air-lead level exposures and the frequency of accidents/lnjuries/ sick leave? Yes ____ Ko _x__. If so, state with respect to each such study (!) the nature or sub ject matter of the study, (ii) the date on which the study was prepared, and (iii) the identity of the person(s) who prepared the study: f. How many workmen's compensation claims, if any, have been made against your company in each of the past 10 years for lead poisoning, lead intox ication or associated disabilities? 0. 0f such claims, how many were dismissed? . What was the disposition of the others? C0Nf:'DeNT'AL DR111 02fl56 6 7 . Com oil.'^Prcceedin-s a. Hoc your company been the subject of any DSHA compliance proceed inn with respect to the existing health standards for occupational ex posure to lead? Yes ___ No X . See note b. If question "a" above has been answered In the affirmative, please state with res sect to cash such proceeding: (i) the date of The proceeding, (11) the allegations of non-compliance, and (ill) the outcome or present status of the proceeding. Note: The zinc smelter was inspected by OSHA Hygienist on one occasion. The inspection was limited to select areas of the smelter where OSHA conducted personal monitoring tests for heavy metal fume (Pb, Cd, Zn, As). No citations were issued as a result of this personal monitoring. ' . c. Is your company willing to make copies of the OSHA citations available to LIA? Yes ____ No . n/a 8. Proposed Forticlpation in OSHA Proceedings a. Does your company intend to submit written comments in response to the prooosed OSHA standard? Yes X No . ` b. Does your company intend to request a public hear ing or to request that it be permitted to partici pate if such a public hearing is held? Yes x No __ c. Does your company intend to submit an economic Impact statement concerning the effect of the proposed standard? Yes ______ No ____ . d. Doe3 your company expect to contact any of the following with respect to the proposed standard? i. Small Business Administration? Yes ____ No x . il. Bureau of Mines? Yes No X . CONF'DENT'W- DR111 02857 ill. Other adrini strut i ve agencies cr department;-. ? Yes he __(If go, please spec 1 fy which agencies cr departments.) * iv . Pcngressicnal representat ives ? Yes ____ No ____. (If so, please specify which repre sentatives . ) ten you suggest any doc ore, biochemi ts , hygien1 sla or other Industrial consu Itants who might be willing to act as expert v/i tne sscs at a public hearing or in connection with the reparation of written comments concerning the proposed stan ard? Yes ho ____. If so, please state the name, addres and telephone number of each such person and describe brieflv his area of exoertise. confidentiM- 0285 3 OB^A 8 Lead Industries Association, Inc 292 Madison Avenue New York, N. Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 532-2373 Environmental Health Department September 7, 1979 ' Mr. Donald B, Beil stein St. Joe Lead Company Herculaneum, Missouri 63048 - Dear Don: . Thank you for your prompt and helpful response to our survey of communications on occupational health. As you know, one of the objectives of this "inventory" is to establish a clearing house of information for LIA members. Because you have indicated that you use a wide range of communication media, we would be interested in seeing examples of those you employ. .. We are especially interested in seeing fi1 ms or slide shows you are using, if they are different from the material LIA provided you. Should it be inconvenient to duplicate your audiovisual material, we wi11 return the sample (s) you send us within two weeks. Your continued cooperation in this research activity is appreciated. I look forward to seeing your materials. ` Sincerely, CE5 cJLmcU** w -- ***++* Jerome F. Cole Director, Environmental Health iko cc: P. Dolan W. Lindenmann L. Moorman DR111 01501 INTERNATIONAL LEAD ZINC RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, I17C. _ ^ ~^ MINUTES of the ----- , LEAD PROGRAM REVIEW CCtl-TTTEZ 1969 MEETING October 7-8, 19^9 In accordance with notice of September 9, 19^9, the Meeting of the Lead Program Review Committee of International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc., a New York Membership Corporation, was held at the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome, Italy starting at 9'-30 a.m. on October 7, 19^9 and continuing through October 8, 1969 The following committee members were present: I. L. Barker E. V. Frawley * A. Kurayama ** D. L. LaVeUe J. J. Lennon V. Rodriguez Pena H. Sakurai G. Scacciati J. G. Sevick *** j. s. Smart, Jr. R. J. Testut **** y. C. Zeek Cerro Sales Corporation American Metal Climax, Inc. Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. American Smelting &. Refining Company Ametalco, Inc. (for Tsurneb) Compagnie Royale Asturier.ne des Mines Mitsubishi Metal Mining Co., Ltd. Monteponi & Montevecchio St. Joseph Lead Company American Smelting & Refining Company Societl Miniere et M.etallurgique de Penarroya C. Tennant Sons & Company representing 12 of the 17 lead member companies and constituting a quo mom.. * In place of Mr. K. Kuwahara ** In place of Mr. A. A. Smith *** Voting for Mount Isa Mines Ltd. *-*** Representing the Broken Hill Associated Smelters Proprietary, Limited ill 6^ tSf>oooe<