Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-277-1089: Indiana Army Ammunition Plant; Charlestown, Indiana

Details

• Personal Author:
  Jannerfeldt, Eric R. ; Johnson, Paul L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposure to dibutyl-phthalate (84742) (DBP) at the Indiana Army Ammunition facility (SIC-3483) Charlestown, Indiana, was evaluated. The study was requested by Local 692 of the International Chemical Worker Union and was performed on July 9, and September 4, 1981. Management and employees were interviewed about health effects and the production process. Air and dust samples were collected in four areas. The work force of 1567 employees was 50 percent women and the median age was about 50 years. Dust concentrations in the packing room were 3 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3). Except in one area where it reached 0.08mg/m3, DBP was nondetectable. About 20 percent of the dust sampled was of respirable size. Total dust, respirable dust, and DBP were well under OSHA standards of 15, 5 and 5mg/m3, respectively. The authors conclude that it is highly unlikely that the concentrations of DBP in the work area present an environmental hazard but suggest attempts should be made to further reduce exposure.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA812771089
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; 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:
  13 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127126
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-198697
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 81-277-1089, 1982 April ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  n-Butyl phthalate (CAS RN 84-74-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3483 - Ammunition, except for small arms, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0ecf3425b8e03da1659a3436e4d54f5d94d79322a2d1ca68e17e4f1c066028f6b9226b6928e97434383d730a48928dcdcf9e41f99c2474c93ed90edb082473c9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173143/cdc_173143_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.37 MB ]