Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-80-020-1054: Cities Services Company; Lake Charles, Louisiana

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• Personal Author:
  Froneberg, Brigitte ; Hervin, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposure to various chemicals at Cities Services lube facility (SIC- 2911) Lake Charles, Louisiana was investigated. Possible relationships between exposures and hematuria and bladder or kidney cancer were considered. The investigation was requested by the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union and was performed in June, November, and December 1980. A total of 408 persons were employed as production workers. Air samples were analyzed, and medical questionnaires and urine tests were collected. Seventy five percent of the air samples for beta-naphthylamine (91598), furfural (98011), phenol (108952), benzene (71432), total hydrocarbons, total and respirable particulates, cresols, naphthalene (91203), 1-methyl- naphthalene (90120), 2-methylnaphthalene (91576), cyclohexane solubles, eight different polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, nitrosamines, hydrogen-sulfide (7783064), and mercaptans were below detection limits. Three of 19 samples for cyclohexane solubles exceeded the survey criteria of 0.1 milligrams per cubic meter. Exposed workers were more likely to experience ringing in the ears, eye irritation, muscle twitching, and higher urine phenol concentrations than unexposed workers. Operators had higher urine phenol concentrations than maintenance workers. All three workers with hematuria had high urine phenol concentrations. Ten of 18 workers had signs of asbestosis. The authors conclude that no hazardous exposure to airborne chemicals exist. They suggest that exposures to phenol and cresol occur through skin contact although no link between exposure and cancer could be established. Asbestosis occurred from past years. Recommendations for improved environmental controls and strengthening the medical surveillance program at the facility are provided.
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Benzene Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Inorganic Chemicals Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Phenol Safety Silicon Dioxide Skin Solvents

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• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Asbestosis Chemical-industry-workers Cresol Cristobalite Cyclohexane Solubles Furfural Hazards-Unconfirmed Hematuria HETA-80-020-1054 Industrial-exposures Medical-examinations NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 6 Petroleum Refining Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons Respirable Particulates Skin Burns Total Particulates Urine Phenol

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA800201054
• 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:
  34 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kronoveter, Kenneth ; Singal, Mitchell ; Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Markel, Harry L. ; Steward, John D. ; Buescher, Dorothy E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127759
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-198440
• 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 80-020-1054, 1982 Feb ; :1-32
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Naphthylamine (CAS RN 91-59-8) ; Furfural (CAS RN 98-01-1) ; Phenol (CAS RN 108-95-2) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Naphthalene (CAS RN 91-20-3) ; 1-Methylnaphthalene (CAS RN 90-12-0) ; 2-Methylnaphthalene (CAS RN 91-57-6) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2911 - Petroleum refining - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c5c6be1e30c9fb7926c5baa9a2ffe59e66dc0ad21cb0894b680521a1204704cfd6567be0972af37fb8c361afb6da276c2da0e87073fce5f8aeb208b5c74c643a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173050/cdc_173050_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.60 MB ]