Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-206-1306: New Renaissance Glass Works; Oakland, California

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• Personal Author:
  Belanger, Pierre L. ; Coye, Molly J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An environmental survey was conducted to determine potential exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) at the New Renaissance Glass Works (SIC-9999) in Oakland, California on April 2 and 16, 1982. The request for a health hazard evaluation came from the owner after a series of fires and leaks from fluorescent light ballasts. Employees complained of headache, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, and an acneiform rash after the fires. Wipe samples were taken, and employees were interviewed. Concentrations of PCB ranged from 31 to 100 nanograms per 100 square centimeters (ng/100cm2). NIOSH suggests an upper background limit of 500ng/100cm2. No airborne concentrations of PCB were detected. Air and cinder block samples were evaluated for lindane (58899), formaldehyde (50000), and chlordane (12789036), but none was detected. The authors conclude that a health hazard exists from PCB from leaking light ballasts. They recommend thorough cleaning to remove dusts containing PCB. Air filter masks should be worn by the employee doing the cleaning.
• Subjects:
  Dust Lighting Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Polychlorinated Biphenyls Safety Safety Management Skin Diseases
• Keywords:
  Chloracne Combustion-products Employee-exposure Equipment-reliability Fluorescent Light Ballast Formaldehyde Hazards-Confirmed Health-protection HETA-82-206-1306 Industrial-equipment Lighting-systems NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Polychlorinated Biphenyls Press Board Glue Safety-measures Stained Glass Sales Outlet

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA822061306
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  21 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Okawa, Melvin T.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00133316
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-210319
• 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 82-206-1306, 1983 May ; :1-19
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lindane (CAS RN 58-89-9) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Chlordane (CAS RN 12789-03-6)
• Editor(s):
  Luciano, Nancy A.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9999 - Nonclassifiable establishments - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ad0dadbf0392687aaadbd7a133283adb0533fbdadb8fe37d8abe80c8465e5bc99444c8a58870e7f429f4d14f8f6681a6d034adeb7011d999f23e51eb92e50642
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172915/cdc_172915_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.71 MB ]