Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-050-1595: PPG Industries; Mt. Zion, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Almaguer, Daniel
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for adipic- acid (124049) and total and respirable dust at PPG Industries (SIC- 3211), Mount Zion, Illinois, January and September 1984. The evaluation was requested to investigate employee exposure to Lucor and wood flour, used during the off/bearing of flat glass. Medical questionnaires were administered to 13 employees. The facility discontinued using wood flour 1 month after the January 1984 survey. All adipic-acid samples were below the detection limits. Total and respirable dust concentrations were below 2 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3). The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists standards for hardwood and softwood dusts are 1mg/m3 and 5mg/m3, respectively. Six employees reported eye and throat irritation and three reported skin irritation. The author concludes that a health hazard due to exposure to Lucor does not exist at the facility. It could not be determined if a health hazard from exposure to wood dusts existed in the past, since the use of wood flour had been discontinued. Recommendations include using a heavy-duty industrial vacuum cleaner during cleanup operations and practicing good housekeeping.
• Subjects:
  Glass Lung Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Adipic Acid Flat Glass Glass-manufacturing-industry Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-84-050-1595 Interleaving Compounds Lucite Lucor NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Backup-Data-Sheet NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Pulmonary-clearance Respiration

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA840501595
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kramkowski, Richard S.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00153688
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-135719
• 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 84-050-1595, 1985 May ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Adipic acid (CAS RN 124-04-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3211 - Flat glass - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6e83ebac2961fe360e9f9da960aa6415ed4da19ee6bdaa6e0f2325137d5df0bae05acd3f3dcb450b3e0397e039315cf9cc84b1a5f3a75865d4816bdcdab81d2a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172260/cdc_172260_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.99 MB ]