Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-281-1607: Federal Grain Inspection Service, USDA; New Orleans, Louisiana

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• Personal Author:
  Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for phosphine (12768820), malathion (121755), carbon-disulfide (75150), carbon- tetrachloride (56235), and grain dust at field offices of the Federal Grain Inspection Service (SIC-4782), United States Department of Agriculture, New Orleans, Louisiana in October and November, 1984. The evaluation was requested by the inspection service to investigate fumigant exposures at grain sampling and inspection stations in the New Orleans area. Noise monitoring was also performed. Carbon-tetrachloride was the only fumigant detected, concentrations ranging from 1.0 to 1.7 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3). The OSHA standard for carbon-tetrachloride is 10mg/m3. Grain dust concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 2.7mg/m3. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists threshold limit value for grain dust is 4mg/m3. All measured noise levels were below 82 A-weighted decibels (dBA). The OSHA standard for noise is 90dBA. The author concludes that a health hazard due to fumigants, grain dust, or noise does not exist at the stations. Recommendations include developing a registry of grain handlers and inspectors and establishing procedures for obtaining information on incoming grain shipments that have been fumigated.
• Subjects:
  Carbon Tetrachloride Ear Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Noise Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Sense Organs
• Keywords:
  Breathing Carbon Disulfide CAS #56-23-5 CAS #75-15-0 CAS #121-75-5 CAS #20859-73-8 Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-physiology Grain Dust Grain Elevators-Export Grain Fumigants Grain Inspection Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-84-281-1607 Malathion NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 6 Phophine Sniff Test

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA842811607
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  19 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H. ; Lee, Steven H. ; Zey, John N.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00131493
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-145323
• 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 84-281-1607, 1985 Jul ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Phosphine dye (CAS RN 12768-82-0) ; Malathion (CAS RN 121-75-5) ; Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0) ; Carbon tetrachloride (CAS RN 56-23-5)
• Editor(s):
  Conway, Kathy
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4782 - Inspection and Weighing Services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c933a26efea683492822c311d56584d7afd1f2035f7fa453ef2e42c8998aa0abe3db094f5b683ad6f39a70ee9339e26051ef9fd684b1999d162658c5c4041401
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172932/cdc_172932_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.61 MB ]