Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-326-1420: Keystone Color Works, Incorporated; York, Pennsylvania

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hartle, Richard W. ; Parrish, Roy G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation was conducted at Keystone Color Works, Incorporated (SIC-2865), York, Pennsylvania in September and December 1982. The evaluation was requested by the facility manager. All 13 employees were interviewed concerning their medical, occupational, and chemical exposure histories. The production process and employee work practices were observed. Urine samples were obtained for benzidine (92875) and aromatic amines analysis, biochemical and microscopic examination, and cytology. No detectable concentrations of benzidine or aromatic amines were found at the end of a normal workday. One of eight employees in the production area, who had extensive exposure to the dyes, was diagnosed as having bladder cancer. Besides the cancer case, two other employees had worked at the facility long enough to have a sufficient latency period for bladder cancer to develop following exposure to the dyes. The authors conclude that a health hazard exists due to exposure to carcinogenic dyes at the facility. Recommendations include annual screening for bladder cancer, instruction of workers in the proper handling of carcinogens, and the use and correct maintenance of approved respirators where engineering controls cannot prevent exposure.
• Subjects:
  Amines Carcinogens Coloring Agents Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Aromatic-amines Azo Dyes Bladder-cancer Bladder Cancer Cancer Screening Cyclic Coal Tar Crudes, And Cyclic Intermediates, Dyes, And Organic Pigments Lakes And Toners DOT 550.684-014 DOT 550.685-014 DOT 551.685-082 Dye Manufacture Dyes Dying-industry Hazards-Confirmed HETA-82-326-1420 Industrial-chemicals NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Pigment Manufacture SOC 7664 SOC 7666 SOC 7759 Urine Cytology

  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA823261420
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00149681
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-179380
• 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 82-326-1420, 1984 Feb ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Benzidine (CAS RN 92-87-5)
• Editor(s):
  Harris, Stephanie M.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2865 - Cyclic crudes and intermediates - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:823c4dfc119178ea5f36abb9d24be1e25439f1c2a0ee2a91971c61aa1a2580fb51142957eea86e1b300e0108d31dda869b3c7fc66e0b39237f02e8557a33a6c6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172676/cdc_172676_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.56 MB ]