Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 95-0248-2562: Dirty Bird, Inc, Grady, Arkansas

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• Personal Author:
  Kiefer, Max ; Lenhart, Steven W. ; Mattorano, Dino A. ; Tubbs, Randy L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from management at the Dirty Bird, Inc. (SIC-0721), Grady, Arkansas, an investigation was begun into worker exposure to pesticides during aerial application on cotton or rice. The company was an owner operated aerial pesticide application service with seven workers. Single engine, single seat closed cockpit aircraft were used for applications. Personal breathing zone air samples were collected to assess ground crew and aerial applicator exposure to pesticides. Three mixer loaders were studied to determine the potential for hand exposure. They wore cotton glove monitors beneath protective gloves. Surface wipe samples were collected. Personal noise monitoring was conducted on two pilots and three mixer/loaders. The findings indicated that inhalation exposures were low or less than detectable during this survey. Skin exposure studies found measurable quantities of pesticides underneath the gloves of the mixer/loaders. Contaminated personal protective equipment was noted as being reused without proper decontamination, resulting in additional exposure and a false sense of protection. Noise exposures exceeded the NIOSH recommended limit of 85 decibels-A. One heat stress measurement inside the cockpit also exceeded guidelines. The authors recommend that measures be taken to improve the safety during the use of pesticides, and a medical surveillance plan should be implemented.
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Ear Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Skin
• Keywords:
  Aerial Dusting And Spraying Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-workers Carbamate Crop Planting, Cultivating, And Protecting Hazard-Confirmed Hearing Conservation Program Heat Stress HETA-95-0248-2562 Mixer-loader NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise Occupational-exposure Organophosphate OSHA Region 6 Personal Hearing Protection Pesticide Exposure Pilot Pyrethroid 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/NIOSHHETA9502482562
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  46 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Lovell, Patricia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00237081
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-187314
• 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 95-0248-2562, 1996 Mar ; :1-46
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  0721 - Crop planting and protecting - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:58c1db15f480d28375a3ea073edc8b22abf001a9334c3f7d3da7a75697796740d569540f4eb90f375e9b1230b488e3f0987815172d95dd3690e45e0ec4a8d779
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171132/cdc_171132_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 473.04 KB ]