Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-144-1255: GTE Products Corporation; Winchester, Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  Zey, John N.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to chemicals used in the production of electric lamps were investigated on April 6 to 8, 1982 at GTE Products Corporation (SIC-3641), in Winchester, Kentucky. The evaluation was requested by the company management on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Personal and area air samples were collected, and employees completed a medical questionnaire. Exposures to methyl- alcohol (67561), and sulfur-dioxide (7446095) exceeded the NIOSH limits of 260 milligrams per cubic meter and 0.5 parts per million, respectively. Concentrations of isopropyl-alcohol (67630), methyl- iodide (74884), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (7446095), methyl-bromide (74839), and hydrogen-sulfide were either undetectable or well below exposure standards. Three of eight surveyed workers reported fatigue, headache, and sinus trouble associated with the work environment. The author concludes that exposure hazards to methyl- alcohol and sulfur-dioxide exist at this facility. He recommends the use of respirators, improved ventilation, environmental monitoring, and an epidemiologic assessment of the heart attack rate.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Methanol Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Electric Lamps Hazards-Confirmed HETA-82-144-1255 Hydrogen Sulfide Industrial-exposures Industrial-ventilation Isopropyl Alcohol Methyl Alcohol NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Respiratory-protective-equipment Sulfur Dioxide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA821441255
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; 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:
  22 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127565
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-173830
• 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 82-144-1255, 1983 Jan ; :1-19
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-56-1) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Iodomethane (CAS RN 74-88-4) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Methyl bromide (CAS RN 74-83-9)
• Editor(s):
  Lipps, Debra A.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3641 - Electric lamps - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d22a2b56ae1a567cd546ce4319fc3d53b909f9248f882a7ec0fa40567e93905cbba0571b9ecd7b271c83150bfa1fa6160b7047914441c28e804a5221e8761b90
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173088/cdc_173088_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.67 MB ]