Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-102-1244: Sandoz Colors and Chemicals; East Hanover, New Jersey

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• Personal Author:
  Fannick, Nicholas L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to 6-acetoxy-2,4-dimethyl-m-dioxane (828002) (DMD) were investigated on March 4, 1982, at Sandoz Colors and Chemicals (SIC-2816) in East Hanover, New Jersey. The evaluation was requested by an unspecified individual on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. General and personal area air samples were analyzed for the DMD hydrolysis product, crotonaldehyde (123739). General area air sample crotonaldehyde (4170303) concentrations ranged from nondetectable to 3.2 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), and two personal air sample measurements were 2.1 and 1.9mg/m3, respectively. No NIOSH standard was given, but the OSHA standard is 6mg/m3. The author concludes that no DMD hazard exists. He recommends that any exposure be prevented due to the possible carcinogenic potential of DMD and suggests the use of alternative antimicrobial agents.
• Subjects:
  Acetamides Carcinogens Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  3-hydorxvbutyraldehyde 6-acetoxy-2,4dimethyl-m-dioxane Acetaldehyde Acetic Acid Air-sampling Carcinogenicity Chemical-industry-workers Colors And Pigments Crotonaldehyde Dimethoxane Dioxin DMD Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-81-102-1244 Industrial-exposures NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 2

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA811021244
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  13 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00130674
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172857
• 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 81-102-1244, 1982 Dec ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Dimethoxane (CAS RN 828-00-2) ; Crotonaldehyde (CAS RN 123-73-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2816 - Inorganic pigments - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5de6d52408f13e60bd5429ed01689f7344f7a8da58888e7967f67bac247882c6c99dbff210c18cdd827da6b81f1aa7c239af33d2248462ea0444c9a4ea70e102
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172940/cdc_172940_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.98 MB ]