Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-83-196-1492: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Gadsden, Alabama

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• Personal Author:
  Bishop, Carolyn C. ; Hickey, John L. S. ; Williams, Ted M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for organic solvent vapors, and total and respirable dust at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (SIC-3011), Gadsden, Alabama, in August 1983. The survey was requested by a union local due to a severe skin rash occurring among workers exposed to chemicals used in manufacturing tires, tubes, flaps, and bladders. Total airborne dust concentrations were 0.5 to 21.2 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) in the banbury and milling areas and 0.16 to 1.8mg/m3 in the pigment blending areas. Respirable dust concentrations were 0.07 to and 5mg/m3, respectively. Twenty-two organic solvents were detected
  
  however, their concentrations were negligible. The authors note that some of the chemicals used in high volume at the facility, 2- mercaptobenzothiazole (149304), tetramethyl-thiuramidisulfide (137268), 1,3-diphenylguanidine (102067), and hexamethylenetetramine (100970) are known to cause dermatitis in sensitized persons. They suggest that skin contact with these chemicals could result from contact with airborne dust. The potential for exposure to organic vapors is low. Recommendations include expanding the training and education of workers on the effects of chemicals, good personal hygiene practices, and reduction and monitoring of dust exposures.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Dust Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases
• Keywords:
  Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-83-196-1492 Industrial-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-dermatitis Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 4 Skin-irritants Tire-manufacturing-industry Tires And Inner Tubes

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA831961492
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 4
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00146772
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-221349
• 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 83-196-1492, 1984 Jul ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Mercaptobenzothiazole (CAS RN 149-30-4) ; Thiram (CAS RN 137-26-8) ; 1,3-Diphenylguanidine (CAS RN 102-06-7) ; Hexamethylenetetramine (CAS RN 100-97-0)
• Editor(s):
  Kirstein, Susan G.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3011 - Tires and inner tubes - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bcd7127e631ba214e501dbaaed8e522897db3ff6cc1c665d70eae6739bcfdc78440aa6b5e25df98c65b000d06d7b66ef9bc61845ef2fe7d0f7403fb0e2675c02
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172719/cdc_172719_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.70 MB ]