Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-88-348-2081: A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company; Decatur, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Hills, Bruce W. ; McCammon, Jane B. ; Orgel, David L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Allied Industrial Workers of America International Union, an evaluation was conducted at Staley Company (SIC-2046), Decatur, Illinois to investigate emissions from the wastewater treatment facility and exposures to asbestos (1332214). This company processed 160,000 bushels/day of corn into starch and syrup products. Twenty one of 66 employees who completed a health questionnaire had experienced some symptoms due to waste treatment facility emissions. However, no detectable emissions likely to cause these symptoms were detected in the waste treatment facility. Area and personal breathing zone samples for propylene- oxide (75569) were collected in the starch processing areas and registered as much as 2400 parts per million (ppm) in a 55-minute sampling period due to a fracture in a glycerol seal on the reactor vessel. After repair of the seal, concentrations ranged from 7.4ppm down to nondetectable. Area air samples and personal breathing zone samples indicated an excessive exposure to vinyl-acetate (108054) in the starch vinyl-acetate processing building. The asbestos screening program at this site was in compliance with NIOSH and OSHA recommendations. The authors recommend improvements in employee work practices and the respiratory protection. Engineering controls are also suggested.
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Food-Processing Industry Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide Sulfur Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Asbestos Ethylene Oxide Food-processing-industry Food-processing-workers Grain-dusts Hazard-Confirmed HETA-88-348-2081 Mercaptans NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Propylene Oxide Silica Starch Sulfur Dioxide Vinyl Acetate Waste Water Treatment Plant Wet Corn Milling

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA883482081
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  37 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Almaguer, Dan ; Dames, Barb ; Freund, Eugene
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00198493
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-197475
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 88-348-2081, 1990 Nov ; :1-40
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Propylene oxide (CAS RN 75-56-9) ; Vinyl acetate (CAS RN 108-05-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2046 - Wet corn milling - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9c6df4560aaa16a71dd46a7a0fe059a6b71ac8e6ddceaf7668c26240e46312f4c34798d4ee589b97f16b03c77188160045c34350f7f77bed6d3cb8bcfc3b26aa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171688/cdc_171688_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 190.62 KB ]