Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-128-1601: Harshaw/Filtrol; Louisville, Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  Lee, Stephen A. ; London, Matthew A. ; Morawetz, John S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for 3,3'- dichlorobenzidine (91941) (DCB) and ortho-dianisidine (119904) (ODA) at Harshaw/Filtrol (SIC-2865), Louisville, Kentucky in August 1984. The evaluation was requested by the union to investigate possible exposures to suspected bladder carcinogens. Urine and skin samples were obtained from four potentially exposed workers and analyzed for ODA and DCB. DCB was not detected in the air, urine, or skin samples. DCB concentrations on work surfaces ranged from 0.01 to 1.4 micrograms (microg)/square centimeter. Breathing zone ODA concentrations of 2 and 16microg/cubic meter were measured. Urinary ODA concentrations of 10 and 22microg/gram were found in one worker. The authors conclude that a potential health hazard exists due to ODA exposure at the facility. DCB does not pose a health risk. Recommendations include improving housekeeping and decontamination procedures for DCB, handling ODA as a suspect carcinogen by applying appropriate engineering controls and using personal protective equipment and performing periodic monitoring for urinary DCB and ODA.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Lung Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  3,3,1-Dichlorobenzidine Air-sampling Bladder Cancer Breathing Chemical-industry-workers DCB Hazards-Confirmed HETA-84-128-1601 Industrial Organic Chemicals NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report ODA Ortho-Dianisidine OSHA Region 4 Pulmonary-clearance Respiration

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA841281601
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; 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:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00131564
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-144771
• 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 84-128-1601, 1985 Jun ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine (CAS RN 91-94-1) ; Dianisidine (CAS RN 119-90-4)
• Editor(s):
  Frey, Toni
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• 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-512:160265c6eb6b79606f4815508bda03df814d6b138cdc231bcc47e93f671dbbc190d389a3ed4d21a7376f2f88ffc618d108fdafed83326b4846e755ff202c923c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172925/cdc_172925_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.46 MB ]