Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-239-1586: Ashland Super Valu; Ashland, Wisconsin

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• Personal Author:
  Daniels, William J. ; Donohue, Michael T. ; Singal, Mitchell
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for di(2- ethylhexyl)adipate (103231), hydrogen-chloride (7647010), cyclohexanol (108930), dicyclohexyl-phthalate (84617), phthalic- anhydride (85449), and total particulates at Ashland Super Valu (SIC- 5411), Ashland, Wisconsin in June, 1984. The evaluation was requested by a company representative due to complaints of respiratory problems by one of the meat department employees. Four meat department employees were interviewed. Except for hydrogen- chloride, phthalic-anhydride, and total particulates, all substances were below the limits of detection. Hydrogen-chloride at a concentration of 0.11 part per million, total particulates at concentrations of 0.10 to 0.21 milligram per cubic meter, and phthalic-anhydride at 18.4 micrograms per gram were found in environmental samples. Only one employee, a meat wrapper, had work related respiratory symptoms. His symptoms were diagnosed as bronchial hyperreactivity due to meat wrapper fume exposure. His symptoms were lessened when he used a disposable dust respirator. The authors conclude that it is not possible to determine whether or not the symptoms reported by the meat packer are due to emissions from heated meat wrap or label adhesive. Recommendations include not operating the cool rod cutter at a temperature above 280 degrees- F and installing local exhaust ventilation.
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Carcinogens Food-Processing Industry Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Cool Rod Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Food-processing-industry Grocery Stores Hazards-Unconfirmed Heat-Activated Price Labels HETA-84-239-1586 Meat Wrap Meatwrappers Asthma NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Physiological-measurements Respiratory Symptoms

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA842391586
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wisconsin ; 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kramkowski, Richard S.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00153686
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-136645
• 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 84-239-1586, 1985 May ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate (CAS RN 103-23-1) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Cyclohexanol (CAS RN 108-93-0) ; Dicyclohexyl phthalate (CAS RN 84-61-7) ; Phthalic anhydride (CAS RN 85-44-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5411 - Grocery stores - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a1ded3f970e1d6bea620413ad6631b66d3f9e5beed0bf259c061db772f4ee79417bee2d8780bdd51393d2404a7cb1fca8d61b98c8644c94a34cf898ac973984a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172262/cdc_172262_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.50 MB ]