Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-449-1094: Louisiana-Pacific; Mellen, Wisconsin

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• Personal Author:
  Almaguer, Daniel ; Apol, Arvin G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to veneer dryer emissions were surveyed on September 24 to 26, 1981 at Louisiana-Pacific (SIC-2435) in Mellen, Wisconsin. Evaluation was requested by the International Woodworkers of America, Local 4-335, for 68 workers. Air samples were analyzed for alpha-pinene (80568), beta-pinene (127913), abietec-acid (514103), pimaric-acid (127275), and tannic-acid (1401554). Drying area workers completed preshift and postshift medical symptom questionnaires. During oak drying, mean concentrations of pinenes, abietic-acid, primaric-acid, and tannic- acid were 0.10, 0.014, 0.014, and 0.013 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), respectively. During pine drying, respective mean concentrations of pinenes, abietic-acid, and primaric-acid were 1.47, 7.0, and 0.034mg/m3. Tannic acid does not occur in pine wood. No exposure standards exist for any of the test agents. Among the 68 workers, 28 reported eye, nose and throat irritation during oak drying operations. Symptom frequency was less during pine drying operations. The authors conclude that exposure to veneer emissions can cause mild, short term irritation symptoms in workers. They recommend elimination of potential leak areas as well as medical monitoring and education of exposed workers.
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Monitoring Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Wood
• Keywords:
  Abietic And Pimaric Acid Air-sampling Dust-exposure Employee-exposure Hardwood Veneer And Plywood Hazards-Confirmed HETA-81-449-1094 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Pinene Plywood Veneer Drying - Oven Emissions Tannic Acid Wood-products

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA814491094
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wisconsin ; 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:
  16 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127568
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-198762
• 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 81-449-1094, 1982 Apr ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  alpha-pinene (CAS RN 80-56-8) ; beta-pinene (CAS RN 127-91-3) ; Abietic acid (CAS RN 514-10-3) ; Pimaric acid (CAS RN 127-27-5) ; Gallotannin (CAS RN 1401-55-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2435 - Hardwood veneer and plywood - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:393e4f6f21bd2b8f19368e4c43582afd9635b6c47890918b76a7da712e3509182dc0ef9c253477235bbfd2f50329129993cf0c33fc766387e67a605db10ab256
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173085/cdc_173085_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.87 MB ]