Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-283-1224: Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative; Renville, Minnesota

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• Personal Author:
  Stephenson, Richard L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposures to chemicals used during beet sugar processing and to welding fumes were investigated on August 25 to 27, 1981 and February 17 to 19, 1982 at Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar cooperative (SIC-2063), Renville, Minnesota. Evaluation was requested by a representative of the American Federation of Grain Millers, Local 369, for an unspecified number of workers. Long term personal and area air samples were analyzed
  
  15 workers completed medical questionnaires. Concentrations of hexavalent-chromium (18540299) and nickel (7440020) exceeded respective NIOSH limits of 1.0 micrograms per cubic meter and 0.015 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3). Concentrations of calcium-oxide (1306190) exceeded the OSHA standard of 5mg/m3
  
  no NIOSH standard exists. No exposure hazards were found for bis-chloromethyl-ether (542881), formaldehyde (50000), hydrochloric-acid (7647010), sulfur-dioxide (7446095), carbon-dioxide (124389), chromium (7440473), fluoride (16984488), fumes from iron-oxide (1309371), manganese (7439965) or copper (7440508). Workers reported symptoms of skin and eye irritations and skin burns. The author concludes that exposure hazards exist for hexavalent-chromium, nickel, and calcium-oxide, and suggests that a hazard from ultraviolet radiation may exist during welding operations. He recommends engineering controls, protective clothing, exposure warning systems, education and health programs.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Calcium Oxide Environmental Monitoring Food-Processing Industry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Nickel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Safety Ultraviolet Rays
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Beet Sugar Bis-Chloromethyl Ether Employee-exposure Food-processing-industry Hazards-Confirmed HETA-81-283-1224 Hexavalent Chromium Industrial-hazards NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Ultraviolet-radiation Ultraviolet Radiation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA812831224
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  32 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127574
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172840
• 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 81-283-1224, 1982 Nov ; :1-40
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hexavalent chromium (CAS RN 18540-29-9) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Calcium oxide (CAS RN 1305-78-8) ; bis(Chloromethyl) ether (CAS RN 542-88-1) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Hydrochloric acid, anhydrous (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Fluoride (CAS RN 16984-48-8) ; Ferric oxide (CAS RN 1309-37-1) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8)
• Editor(s):
  Woodruff, Jackie
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2063 - Beet sugar - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8da4ee16ca864790c7c3635f332894ab14754935da0c76d9fa8ee4a4cd2ededaeb5bc410d2836ec79807c9d36cdb2f122389226a796ddae8b2efb81d116fabaa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173079/cdc_173079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.34 MB ]