Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 98-0334-2739: Pike Industries, Inc., South Burlington, Vermont

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• Personal Author:
  Sylvain, David C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On September 3, 1998, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for a health hazard evaluation (HHE) from a representative of Pike Industries, Inc. for an evaluation of worker exposure to an asphalt anti-strip additive during hot mix asphalt (HMA) paving. The request indicated that paving crew workers reported experiencing headaches, upset stomach, fatigue, rashes, itchy eyes, and sore throats when using HMA containing Wetfix 312 anti-strip additive, a proprietary aliphatic polyamine mixture.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Aliphatic-polyamines Aliphatic Polyamines Asphalt-fumes Asphalt Anti-strip Additives Asphalt Fume Bitumen Health-hazard-evaluation HETA-98-0334-2739 Highway And Street Construction Paving Personal-protective-equipment

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9803342739
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Vermont ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  19 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Lovell, Patricia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000544
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-167736
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 98-0334-2739, 1999 Jun ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asphalt (CAS RN 8052-42-4)
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1611 - Highway and street construction - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:821866f82bd5d31ce84f4c76dafad895bae354efa12acd068f28c9e65de1cc378ebbfcc1a0489231299d7a6c17a6b451804bfe3fb0ce91325cd102d3290e3d89
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170998/cdc_170998_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 207.74 KB ]