Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 93-1084-2500: Reliance Electric

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• Personal Author:
  Echt, Alan S. ; Robinson, Julie N.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, an investigation was begun into cancer among workers at Reliance Electric (SIC-3621), Madison, Indiana. The facility manufactured electric motors, employing about 430 workers. Of 77 suspected cancer cases, 45 were verified. An excess in cases of melanoma and pancreatic cancer was identified. After interviewing 43 employees, the most frequently reported symptoms included eye, nose, and throat irritation along with headaches. A number of back injuries and disorders were attributable to repetitive trauma. General area air sampling for formaldehyde (50000) revealed exposure which ranged from a trace concentration to 0.017 parts per million measured in a sample collected on the table by the scratch brush in the Winding area. Titanium-dioxide (13463677) measured in personal breathing zone samples on painters and the rotor cast operator ranged up to 0.003mg/m3. The authors conclude that it is unlikely that the melanoma and pancreatic cancer cases could be attributed to the work environment. There was an elevated risk of musculoskeletal disorders in Winding workers due to repetitive trauma and back injuries.
• Subjects:
  Aerospace Medicine Cumulative Trauma Disorders Epidemiology Musculoskeletal Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Aerospace-industry Back-injuries Cancer Cluster Cumulative-trauma-disorders Electric Motors Formaldehyde Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-93-1084-2500 Melanoma Motors And Generators Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Nickel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Pancreatic Cancer Titanium Dioxide Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9310842500
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; 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:
  55 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Lushniak, Boris D.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00227687
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-260964
• 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 93-1084-2500, 1995 Apr ; :1-40
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Titanium dioxide (CAS RN 13463-67-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3621 - Motors and generators - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:76b0a8c5ea19f288c969402e0af4ef368fd6307478fdb298d921011ec7ab28e36779ff7d7706cb37c8e11a63f134df540024e03fc37e822b949c0656e8ce890b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171274/cdc_171274_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 520.67 KB ]