Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-311-1575: Grain Elevators; Superior, Wisconsin; Duluth, Minnesota

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal air samples were analyzed for carbon-disulfide (75150), ethylene-dibromide (106934), carbon-tetrachloride (56235), and grain dust at grain elevators (SIC-5153) located at Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota in May, 1984. The survey was requested by a representative of Local 118 of the American Federation of Grain Millers to evaluate exposures to grain fumigants and dust among workers at the two sites. All concentrations of carbon-disulfide, carbon-tetrachloride, and ethylene-dibromide were below the detection limit. Grain dust concentrations ranged from 0.34 to 38 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3). The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists threshold limit value for airborne grain dust is 4mg/m3. Short term sampling for the fumigants was performed
  
  however, the results were inconclusive. The author concludes that a health hazard due to overexposure to grain dust exists at the grain elevators. Recommendations include providing workers with respirators equipped with dust cartridges, implementing local exhaust ventilation at rail car dumping and loading points, and instituting a method of tracking fumigated grain shipments through the grain handling system.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Eye Irritants Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Sense Organs / Injuries
• Keywords:
  Carbon Disulfide Carbon Tetrachloride Ethylene Dibromide Eye-damage Grain Grain-elevators Grain Dust, Grain Fumigants Grain Elevators Export Hazards-Confirmed HETA-84-311-1575 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA843111575
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; 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:
  40 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Lee, Steven A. ; Zey, John N. ; DeArmond, Larry ; Zaebst, Dennis D. ; Oser, James L. ; Burroughs, Ed ; Woodfin, William J. ; Little, Arthur D. ; Jenkins, Sharon
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00153397
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87-133708
• 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 84-311-1575, 1985 Apr ; :1-37
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0) ; 1,2-Dibromoethane (CAS RN 106-93-4) ; Carbon tetrachloride (CAS RN 56-23-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5153 - Grain and field beans - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7608544463643672e391cd769967e0a29113927726ef3dba4e30d12cfb08bde325a266874c3c139816f2b441a3a1d637ab0b189df1a71027c476eb757a9d3016
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172281/cdc_172281_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.54 MB ]