Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-416-1673: United Hydraulics; Hampton, Iowa

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• Personal Author:
  Bicknell, Ralph J. ; Rinsky, Robert C. ; Rondinelli, Ruth
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Breathing zone and general area air samples were analyzed for benzene (71432), ethylbenzene (100414) and toluene (108883) in the honing department of United Hydraulics (SIC-3728), Hampton, Iowa. Urine samples (3 from honers and 4 from individuals working elsewhere in the facility) were taken preshift and postshift for phenol determinations. Evaluations were requested by the Iowa State Health Department because of an apparent leukemia cluster at the facility. Two personal air samples showed trace amounts of benzene calculated as an 8-hour time weighted average
  
  0.06 parts per million (ppm) from a honer and 0.07ppm from a worker in another department. The current OSHA standard is 10ppm averaged over an 8- hour workshift. Urinalysis showed four individuals possessed cross- shift increases ranging from 1.0 to 2.6 milligrams per gram creatinine which probably did not represent increases conclusively attributable to benzene exposure. The authors conclude than there appears to be a clustering of leukemia cases among workers in the facility, but the leukemia cases are of epidemiologically dissimilar cell types, current working conditions do not expose workers to substantial benzene concentrations, and substantial changes in solvents, cutting oils, or working practices have not occurred at the facility since 1973. The investigation should be reopened if additional leukemia, lymphoma or aplastic anemia cases occur. Recommendations include wearing gloves impermeable to benzene and other solvents.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Benzene Blood Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Absorption
• Keywords:
  Aircraft Parts And Auxiliary Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-84-416-1673 Hydraulic-equipment Leukemia Leukemogenesis Manufacturer Of Hydraulic Cylinders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 7 Skin-absorption 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/NIOSHHETA844161673
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Eure, John ; Muldoon, JoAnn ; Wyer, William ; Frey, Ottavia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00163130
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-221660
• 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 84-416-1673, 1986 Feb ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Ethylbenzene (CAS RN 100-41-4) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3728 - Aircraft parts and equipment, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d9e329d505eddbd34b74574505c0a227257c803379fbb9dfae7b489cf93ff1f61549d83008a0536fe90bc89c9e55bc212c5f01555852c4bf2e4174599c3194af
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172222/cdc_172222_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 804.66 KB ]