Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HHE-72-21[-91]: FMC Corporation, American Viscose Division: Nitro, West Virginia

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Determination report no. HHE-72-21-91: FMC Corporation, American Viscose Division: Nitro, West Virginia
• Personal Author:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Shama, Steven K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Health hazards due to hydrogen-sulfide (7783064) (H2S) and carbon- disulfide (75150) (CS2) were evaluated at FMC Corporation (SIC-2869) Nitro, West Virginia in June and December 1972. Environmental samples of CS2 and H2S were obtained in the spinning and cutting areas. Fifteen H2S samples were collected with detector tubes. Thirty-six CS2 samples were collected with a midget bubbler impinger and analyzed spectrophotometrically. Twenty-five workers were interviewed and examined. H2S concentrations ranged from 0.72 to 1.25 parts per million (ppm) which was well below accepted standards
  
  however, 12 CS2 samples were in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average of 20ppm, 7 were in excess of the maximum peak exposure limit of 100ppm, and 2 were in excess of 2000ppm. Medical evaluations indicated a majority of the workers were overexposed to CS2. The authors conclude that a serious health and safety hazard exists to all cuttermen, chargehands, and other workers in the immediate area. They recommend that respirators be furnished to all cuttermen. This should be a temporary control measure until proper engineering controls can be instituted.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Hydrogen Sulfide Occupational Health Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Analytical-methods Breathing-zone Carbon Disulfide CS2 Environmental-factors Exposure-limits H2S Hazards-Confirmed Health-hazards HHE-72-21-91 Hydrogen Sulfide NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 Rayon

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE722191
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  45 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Maier, Albert A. ; Ramos, Henry ; Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Eddleston, Melvin T. ; Lowry, Larry K. ; McHugh, John ; Smallwood, A. Wayne ; Tolos, William P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00130951
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-232587
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 72-21-91, 1973 Nov ; :1-45
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4) ; Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2869 - Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf1be79a1ab9c5e7a95a97d785562f89ef30c767834c9d03052d82b94d3bf4ccc147580bfc4191dfbb3c46ea55321fd7703054421bb36348dc0a11dcfd93ab0e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172939/cdc_172939_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.21 MB ]