Affiliations: Regional Occupational Health Centre, Bangalore Medical
College Campus, Bangalore, India | Department of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Dr. B. Ravichandran, Regional
Occupational Health Centre, Bangalore Medical College Campus, Bangalore – 560
002, India. Tel.: +91 80 26705037; Fax: +91 80 26703359; E-mail:
ravichandran65@yahoo.com
Abstract: A study to monitor and estimate respirable particulate matter (RPM),
toxic trace metal concentrations in the work environment was carried out in
different sections of an integrated steel manufacturing industry. The average
RPM concentration observed varied according to the section blast furnace was
2.41 mg/m^{3}; energy optimization furnace,
1.87 mg/m^{3}; sintering plant,
0.98 mg/m^{3}; continuous casting machine,
1.93 mg/m^{3}. The average trace metal concentration
estimated from the RPM samples like iron, manganese, lead and chromium did not
exceed ACGIH prescribed levels.
