Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-500-1751: General Electric; Lynn, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  McManus, Kevin P. ; Rinsky, Robert C. ; Singal, Mitchell
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An evaluation of serious illnesses and deaths, especially due to cardiovascular disease, was made of workers in a building of the Aircraft Engine Division (SIC-3724) of a General Electric facility, in response to a request from Local 201 of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Technical, Salaried and Machine Workers. The union reported 52 workers as having significant medical problems. Thirty-three deceased workers were identified as having worked a minimum of one month in the building in question, and proportionate mortality ratios (PMR) for this group were determined. Material safety data sheets were reviewed to determine the use of cardiotoxic substances in the building. The only substance of concern was 1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556), which was used only minimally. PMRs for five cause of death categories were not significantly different from those of the U.S. population or those of 1357 deceased General Electric workers from the entire Aircraft Engine Group. Cardiovascular PMRs were 137 and 114 compared to the general population and the internal comparison group, respectively. The authors conclude that there appeared to be no statistically significant risk of cardiovascular mortality among workers in the building in question. Two study limitations are pointed out: small study population, and only deaths during active employment or after retirement with continuation of life insurance are considered.
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Alkanes Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Metal Workers Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Aircraft-engines Aircraft Engines And Engine Parts Cardiovascular-disease Cardiovascular Disease Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-84-500-1751 Metal-workers Mortality-rates NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 1 Proportionate Mortality Ratio Study

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA845001751
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Rondinelli, Ruth ; Frey, Ottavia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00167882
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87-189536
• 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 84-500-1751, 1986 Dec ; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3724 - Aircraft engines and engine parts - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee412079db488d2c830a2e9a9f438343b4b07d6e43d911724226f948de368f802409a3977f58d48748624796c1008d544d1cc7bfead1f1344a6223afaa6f1197
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172129/cdc_172129_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.95 MB ]