Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-107-1331: Geauga Company; Middlefield, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Boiano, James M. ; Klemme, Jay C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures during rubber manufacturing operations (SIC-0306) were surveyed on February 11 and 12 and December 9 and 10, 1981 at a company in Middlefield, Ohio. The evaluation was requested by an authorized representative of the Amalgomated Clothing and Textile Workers Union on behalf of 270 production workers. Personal and area air samples were collected for various work process chemicals, and 106 workers completed medical symptom questionnaires. None of the chemical concentrations exceeded OSHA limits, but exposures to carbon-disulfide (75150), carbon-black (1333864), and nitrosamines exceeded the NIOSH recommended limits of 3, 3.5, and 0.1 milligrams per cubic meter, respectively. Workers in the extruded finishing area reported symptoms such as shortness of breath upon exertion, tension, fatigue, difficulty concentrating and irritant complaints. No significant incidence of reproductive disorders was identified. The authors conclude that potential exposure hazards exist for carbon-disulfide, carbon-black, and nitrosamines. They recommend improvements in work practices, work operations, and work area ventilation. Medical evaluations for neurological and cardiovascular disorders should be provided periodically for workers exposed to carbon-disulfide.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Carbamates Irritants Nitrosamines Occupational Health Rubber Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Benzo(A)Pyrene Carbon Black Carbon Disulfide Clinical-symptoms Fabricated Rubber Products Hazards-Confirmed HETA-81-107-1331 Industrial-chemicals NDBA NDEA NDMA NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitroso-compounds NMOR OSHA Region 5 PNA Respiratory-irritants Rubber-manufacturing-industry

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA811071331
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  49 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Lucas, Andrew D. ; DeArmond, Lawrence W. ; Schutte, G. Robert ; Coleman, Marian E. ; Collins, James H.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00139370
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-184208
• 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 81-107-1331, 1984 Jun ; :1-48
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0) ; Carbon black (CAS RN 1333-86-4)
• Editor(s):
  Lipps, Debra A. ; Grass, Jacqueline G.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  306 - Fabricated Rubber Products, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a4d45247818ec3801afde3ffcbbf7f5c393ff16fc97d85532bc5b09fbad6a3f691a7e208130faff2ada6db1849896e4db038cf7fc02ece74590e607ed41c7c02
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172793/cdc_172793_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.56 MB ]