Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-400-1242: Smead Manufacturing Company; Locust Grove, Georgia

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• Personal Author:
  Roper, C. Paul ; Salisbury, Stanley A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to components contained in animal collagen-based glues were surveyed on July 30, 1981, at Smead Manufacturing Company (SIC-2645) in Locust Grove, Georgia. The evaluation was requested by several employees on behalf of 130 production workers after various health complaints were reported by bracket line and five-piece line workers. Work processes were observed, and 21 employees were questioned about medical symptoms. Air samples and bulk glue samples were analyzed. The glue vapors consisted of methyl- salicylate (119368), o-phenylphenol (90437), and various terpene or terpene derivative compounds. Exposures to methyl-salicylate ranged from 0.4 to 2.0 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3)
  
  no exposure standard exists. No camphene (79925) was found, and the greatest o- phenylphenol concentration was 1.2mg/m3. No sulfur-dioxide (7446095), a possible decomposition product of the heated glue, was found. Workers reported symptoms of headache, throat irritation, dizziness, and eye and skin irritation. The authors conclude that no hazardous exposures exist at this facility. They recommend work practice and engineering controls to reduce glue vapor production, and the use of hand creams to prevent skin irritation.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Environmental Exposure Irritants Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Adhesive Camphene Hazards-Unconfirmed Headache HETA-81-400-1242 Industrial-exposures Manufacturing Filing Folders Methyl Salicylate NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report O-Phenylphenol OSHA Region 4 Skin-protection Sulfur Dioxide Throat Irritation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA814001242
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  19 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kidd, Andrea V.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127583
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172733
• 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 81-400-1242, 1982 Dec ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methyl Salicylate (CAS RN 119-36-8) ; o-Phenylphenol (CAS RN 90-43-7) ; Camphene (CAS RN 79-92-5) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2645 - Die-Cut Paper and Board - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7d3347233b2caca068f28d6bf72adc16ed1a1a45a2bc8cbb6623adb3b8a3e4649dafceeb53d46f6e39ff319f9ba9bff6d3cc24d2465861993b0dbda64d8f6519
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173070/cdc_173070_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.70 MB ]