Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-467-1138: Olin Chemical Corporation; Lake Charles, Louisiana

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• Personal Author:
  Lee, Stephen A. ; Lipscomb, Jane A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Possible health hazards due to worker exposure to chlorinated isocyanurates at Olin Chemical (SIC-286), Lake Charles, Louisiana were investigated. The study was requested by Local 407 International Union of Operating Engineers and was performed on November 3 and 4, 1981. At the time of the survey about 90 workers were employed in production activities associated with packaging trichloroisocyanuric-acid (87901) (TCCA) and sodium- dichloroisocyanurate (2893789) (NaDDC). Personal breathing zone sampling and medical interviews were performed. Particulate concentrations ranged from 0.11 to 38 milligrams per cubic meter. About 60 percent of the dust near the packaging areas was within the respirable size range. No OSHA standards for exposure to any chlorinated isocyanurates have been developed. Workers used respirator facepieces with high efficiency particulate filters. All production workers reported one or more work related symptoms. The most common symptoms were eye irritation and cough. Seventy eight percent of the women interviewed reported problems or changes in their menstrual cycle since beginning work in the packaging area. The authors conclude that workers are not adequately protected from the irritant effects of TCCA and NaDDC. Engineering controls, medical surveillance, respiratory protection and improved housekeeping procedures are recommended.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-81-467-1138 Industrial Organic Chemicals Medical-examinations NaDCC NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Office-workers Region 6 Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate TCCA Trichloroisocyanuric Acid Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA814671138
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  29 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Reed, Laurence D. ; Jannerfeldt, Eric ; Anderson, Kern E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127488
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-139427
• 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 81-467-1138, 1982 Jul ; :1-27
• CAS Registry Number:
  Trichloroisocyanuric acid (CAS RN 87-90-1) ; Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (CAS RN 2893-78-9)
• Editor(s):
  Woodruff, Jackie
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  286 - Industrial Organic Chemicals - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:da5ccfa1a98661323dad2bb7371e5463a5d51614c0f853e4535256968770903a0d71b23bf91b7fea557a487b84887062b167cafe631b5a6c114cd11443e47f1e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173108/cdc_173108_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.42 MB ]