Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-80-010-1199: Cities Service Company, Butyl Rubber Plant; Lake Charles, Louisiana

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• Personal Author:
  Froneberg, Brigitte ; Markel, Harry L. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Breathing zone air samples were analyzed for chemicals and contaminants at the Cities Service Company Butyl Rubber Plant (SIC- 2822) in Lake Charles, Louisiana on November 13 to 19, 1980. The evaluation was requested by a representative of Local 4-500, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union on behalf of 49 employees. A medical questionnaire was given to exposed workers and to 23 nonexposed workers. Concentrations of methyl-chloride (74873), nuisance particulates, zinc-stearate (557051), aluminum-chloride (7446700), and hydrogen-chloride (7647010), were all below the OSHA standards for those substances, with the exception of 1 sample of methyl-chloride which was at the OSHA ceiling of 210.0 milligrams per cubic meter. The medical questionnaire revealed no differences between responses of exposed and nonexposed workers. The authors conclude that there is no substantial evidence of a health hazard due to exposure to any of the substances, nor any health effects that can be attributed to methyl-chloride. They recommend the use of respirators during the dryer shift operations. Special care should be taken in storage and handling of aluminum-chloride. Equipment should be inspected on a regular basis.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Rubber Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Aluminum Chloride Breathing-zone Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-80-10-1199 Hydrogen Chloride Industrial-exposures Methyl Chloride NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-chemicals OSHA Region 6 Rubber-manufacturing-industry Synthetic Rubber Zinc Stearate

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA80101199
• 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:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Singal, Mitchell ; Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Hervin, Raymond L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127815
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-173053
• 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 80-10-1199, 1983 Jan ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methyl chloride (CAS RN 74-87-3) ; Zinc stearate (CAS RN 557-05-1) ; Aluminum chloride (CAS RN 7446-70-0) ; Hydrochloric acid, anhydrous (CAS RN 7647-01-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2822 - Synthetic rubber - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1b832a0e58291e8161257ed48e02288373dda9bbf241267ccbcd38193f38859a7e81ee5954c74937365dfe1b4c9adfa2f847f3b7eac7ec7810f8b719e0fad13f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173016/cdc_173016_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.01 MB ]