PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (Wabtec)

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 79
Rank among all TRI companies: 172
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 316,972
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 263,590
EJ: Poor Share: 19%
EJ: Minority Share: 41%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Chromium	357	243,028	92.20%	18.8%	40.5%
Nickel	282	17,192	6.52%	18.6%	41.1%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.)	42	3,031	1.15%	25.6%	69.0%
Manganese	327	223	0.08%	19.2%	35.5%
Lead compounds	17	69	0.03%	8.7%	61.9%
n-Hexane (Hexane)	211,043	20	0.01%	26.1%	71.1%
Copper	215	13	0.00%	19.5%	22.6%
Styrene	49,000	8	0.00%	15.8%	33.4%
Manganese compounds	5	2	0.00%	18.3%	21.0%
Lead	6	2	0.00%	16.3%	36.1%
Antimony compounds	4	1	0.00%	25.9%	70.8%
Toluene	54,486	1	0.00%	21.6%	55.8%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0	0	0.00%	7.0%	16.9%
Phenol	1,117	0	0.00%	26.8%	72.2%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	5	0	0.00%	18.3%	20.9%
Zinc compounds	22	0	0.00%	23.5%	56.7%
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) (Alumina)	44	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Creosote	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.