Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-046-1144: Long Island Lighting Company; Hicksville, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Baker, Dean B. ; Fannick, Nicholas L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Samples of waste mineral oil and wipe samples were analyzed for polychlorinated-biphenyls (PCB) at the Long Island Lighting Company (SIC-4931), Hicksville, New York in January, 1981. The evaluation was requested by an authorized representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 1049 on behalf of 20 workers. Interviews were conducted for 10 of the workers. The only PCB present in the samples was Arochlor-1260 (11096825) at concentrations from 17 to 130 parts per million (no standards were given). The authors conclude that no hazard exists from PCB, although some Arochlor-1260 was detected. They recommend an analysis for Arochlor-1260 when sampling waste mineral oil for PCB. They also recommend that exposed workers should be tested for serum PCB. If elevated PCB is found, a physical examination should follow.
• Subjects:
  Digestive System Electricity Liver Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Polychlorinated Biphenyls Safety Skin Diseases Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Aroclor 1260 Chloracne Electrical-workers Electric And Other Utility Services Employee-exposure Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-81-46-1144 Liver-function Liver Toxicity Long-term-exposure Medical-examinations Medical-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 2 PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyls Triglycerides

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA810461144
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; 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:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127814
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-139856
• 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 81-046-1144, 1982 Jul ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Aroclor 1260 (CAS RN 11096-82-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4931 - Electric and other services combined - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0c73681bc94471e1b042558144d58ca7e17f323b86b12cf546d0d6030389097d6cc206829cdd101c8f5c3216a3a4be142273697f0dc0e92fe5ccd8edbbe81d94
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173017/cdc_173017_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.96 MB ]