Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96-0083-2628: United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Miami, Florida

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• Personal Author:
  Kiefer, Max
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), an evaluation was made of the potential for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service workers to be exposed to pesticides during the inspection of imported plants at the Cargo and Maritime Operations (SIC-9641). An initial site visit was made in Miami, Florida on May 7 through 9, 1996. Environmental monitoring was conducted, and personal air samples taken. Pesticide residues were detected on 30 of the 37 samples collected from commodities inspected by Cargo employees at various importer warehouses. A total of 86 different compounds comprising 18 different pesticides were detected. The fungicide benomyl (17804352) was the most commonly detected and was also the compound found in the highest concentration. Several classes of pesticides were detected including organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethrins, and organochlorines. No detectable pesticide residues were found on surface wipe samples collected from desktops in the main USDA Cargo office. At the Maritime operations, detectable levels of pesticide residues were found on four of ten samples, with six different compounds being identified. The use of gloves to protect against pesticide residues was not uniform.
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Carbamates Chlorine Compounds Fungi Fungicide, Industrial Insecticides Occupational Health Organophosphates Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Cut Flower Industry Fungicides Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-96-0083-2628 Leaf Sampling NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organo-chlorine-compounds Organo-phosphorus-pesticides Ornamental Plant Imports OSHA Region 4 Pesticide-residues Pesticide Residue Plant And Commodity Inspection Regulation Of Agricultural Marketing And Commodities Skin-exposure Skin Exposure

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9600832628
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  40 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Decker, John A. ; Krake, Ann M. ; Lovell, Patricia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00238627
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB98-106099
• 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 96-0083-2628, 1997 May ; :1-35
• CAS Registry Number:
  Benomyl (CAS RN 17804-35-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9641 - Regulation of agricultural marketing - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6749fbf694e08c0a87347ac58f87a260bd6e6e6b77f0e96f73fa985a887c4864e4f0e2dcb97922a6eb3333b8769e44509a28363b2c9ffeed522ac42378ec8dbd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171102/cdc_171102_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 451.58 KB ]