Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-275-1122: General Telephone Company; York, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Moshell, Alan N.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from Local 1451, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a survey was conducted of working conditions at the General Telephone Company (SIC-4811) in York, Pennsylvania. On May 12, 1981, a walk-through survey and medical interviews with 21 employees were conducted: air samples were collected for total dust. On May 13 and 14, 28 employees received patch tests. Elicited health complaints included sinus, skin, and respiratory problems
  
  eye and nose itching and burning
  
  dry throat
  
  and headaches. Airborne dust concentrations ranged from 0.06 to 0.20 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/m3) compared to an OSHA standard of 3.6mg/m3. Patch tests were negative and there was a general lack of findings consistent with allergic contact dermatitis. The authors conclude that a health hazard from overexposure to dust and formaldehyde did not exist. The authors suggest that certain individuals may be allergic to certain pieces of equipment used at the work site.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Dust Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Carbonless Paper Contact-dermatitis Dibutylphthalate Diethyl Phthalate Dioctyl Adipate Dust-exposure Formaldehyde Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-81-275-1122 Inert Dust NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Sinus, Skin And Respiratory Irritation Telephone Conmunications Work-practices

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA812751122
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; 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:
  12 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127214
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-139872
• 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 81-275-1122, 1982 May ; :1-10
• Editor(s):
  Tomassini, Mary R.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4811 - Telephone Communication - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6392c114fefba79506cb37e50ecbb5c4757dec48b3de00417701d5939eb0e6e18a2cdfdf8b8af5d4776d8ab4156f06d7081924cce135128b8ea8a7f010153e6c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173132/cdc_173132_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.24 MB ]