Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-287-1240: Hercules, Incorporated; Hopewell, Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to ethyleneimine (151564) were investigated on October 13 and 14, 1982 at Hercules, Incorporated (SIC-2819) in Hopewell, Virginia. The survey was requested by the United Steel Workers of America, Local 13061, on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Work practices were observed, and personal air samples were analyzed. Workers who used ethyleneimine were trained in handling procedures, and strict control was maintained over access to chemical storage and use areas. Protective clothing and respirators were used. Air concentrations of ethyleneimine ranged from 0.01 to 0.03 milligrams per cubic meter. NIOSH recommends that exposures be kept to the lowest feasible limit. The author concludes that a potential ethyleneimine hazard exists at this site. He recommends continued use of personal protective equipment.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Ethyleneimine Hazards-Confirmed HETA-82-287-1240 Hydroxypropylcellulose Industrial-exposures Industrial Inorganic Chemicals Klucel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-chemicals OSHA Region 3 Respiratory-protective-equipment

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA822871240
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127581
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172766
• 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 82-287-1240, 1982 Dec ; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethyleneimine (CAS RN 151-56-4)
• Editor(s):
  Lipps, Debra A.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2819 - Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7788cc9cf9f4418b252b3b1a5276ac5b9a425281e31ea12b4f94e85783fc5386dae60f258445afdba1db84f1bf4fa823733625e0eb1895b186498b9af44bd915
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173072/cdc_173072_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.07 MB ]