Dioxin Registry Site Visit Report of Occidental Chemical Corporation, Hooker Chemical Center, Niagara Falls, New York

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Marlow, David A. ; Fingerhut, Marilyn A.
• Description:
  A walk-through survey of facilities of Occidental Chemical Corporation (SIC-2869), Niagara Falls, and Buffalo, New York was conducted in November, 1983 and February to March, 1984. The purpose of the survey was to obtain information on the manufacture of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (95954) (TCP) and to determine if the workers should be included in the NIOSH 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo(p)dioxin (1746016) (TCDD) registry. TCP was produced at the facility from the raw materials ethylene-glycol (107211), 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene (95943), and sodium-hydroxide (1310732) from 1949 through 1972. TCDD is a contaminant of TCP. The company maintained monthly and quarterly lists of all employees listed by job title from 1949 to 1978. Complete medical records were maintained only for workers who terminated or retired after 1967. The company had limited analytical data on TCDD concentrations in products, process streams, and residues. Such data showed maximum TCDD concentrations of 1.0 and 47 parts per million (ppm) in finished and crude product, respectively. TCDD concentrations in residues were 230 to 494ppm. The authors conclude that TCP production workers and repairmen in the fine chemicals department should be included in the NIOSH dioxin registry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Herbicides Insecticides Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; IWS-117-18; Region-2; Chemical-manufacturing-industry; Disease-incidence; Medical-surveys; Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals; Herbicides; Epidemiology
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 117-18, 1984 Aug; :1-32
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  38 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00145158
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-221786
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene (CAS RN 95-94-3) ; 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (CAS RN 1746-01-6) ; 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol (CAS RN 95-95-4) ; Ethylene glycol (CAS RN 107-21-1) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2869 - Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d71dba349069119924f10b57367c708d4a5a22cab7c26cf82b1007d5b7b209126393d96715347ed7d7041a821ec1de142b078cc5fd8ebd729f8554790b540e63
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/119915/cdc_119915_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.21 MB ]