Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-85-159-1827: Blackman Uhler Chemical Company (Synalloy Corporation); Spartanburg, South Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Caplan, Paul E. ; Singal, Mitchell ; Smith, A. Blair ; Zey, John N.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a confidential request, evaluation was made of bladder cancer incidence among workers at Blackman Uhler Chemical Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Short term air samples were collected for dimethyl-formamide (68122), ortho-dianisidine (119904), and chromium (VI) (18540299). Five of six samples showed no detectable levels of these compounds
  
  the sixth showed a level of dimethyl-formamide well below OSHA permissible exposure limits. Deficiencies were noted in chemical handling procedures, work practices, engineering controls, and employee training and education regarding safety practices. There was a medical screening program for bladder cancer at the facility, but 689 of the 919 current and former employees had not participated. One case had been identified as of April 1985. It is suggested that there may be undetected cases of bladder cancer. It is recommended that better education of employees be undertaken concerning chemicals with which they work
  
  that work practices be modified
  
  that respiratory protection be improved with emphasis on selection, cleaning and maintenance, fit testing, and proper storage of protective equipment
  
  that emergency showers and eye baths be inspected regularly
  
  that labels be properly placed on tanks
  
  that the screening program for medical problems continue to be available to all current and former workers
  
  and that special medical evaluation be performed for any employee with urinary tract symptoms, microhematuria, or nonnegative cytology.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Amides Amines Carcinogens Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Neoplasms Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System

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• Keywords:
  Beta Napthylamine Bladder-cancer Bladder Carcinogen BNA Chemical-industry-workers Chemical-manufacturing-industry Chemical Handling Procedures Dimethlyformamide DMF Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-85-159-1827 Industrial Organic Chemicals NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Ortho-Dianisidine OSHA Region 4 Respiratory-protective-equipment Respiratory Protection Work Practices

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA851591827
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  South Carolina ; 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:
  33 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Cheklin, Tanya ; Billas, Steven A. ; Rejali, Fred ; Morris Linda J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00177540
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-188388
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 85-159-1827, 1987 Aug ; :1-33
• CAS Registry Number:
  Dimethylformamide (CAS RN 68-12-2) ; Dianisidine (CAS RN 119-90-4) ; Hexavalent chromium (CAS RN 18540-29-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  286 - Industrial Organic Chemicals - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:99d352761f3270dcc4463b4077c3889c5196eb1086641cf18540ebc3ae1bea6b385d4e7c371cc037f7b36f554d50a19241634c4b0f9d07780862313411c22dbd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172043/cdc_172043_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.40 MB ]