Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-209-891: Pilgrim Glass Company; Ceredo, West Virginia

Details

• Personal Author:
  Lucas, Cheryl
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed for asbestos (1332214) at the Pilgrim Glass Company (SIC-3559) in Ceredo, West Virginia, on March 19, 1981. A representative of the American Flint Glass Workers, Local 708, requested the evaluation on behalf of approximately six workers. The time weighted average (TWA) asbestos exposure concentrations ranged from 0.02 to 1.13 fibers per cubic centimeter (F/cc), based on a count of fibers greater than 5 micrometers in length. All TWA exposures were below the current OSHA standard of 2.0F/cc. The author concludes that an asbestos health hazard does exist at this facility and recommends the substitution of asbestos with a different material, improved hygienic practices, worker education, maintenance of exhaust ventilation systems, periodic air sampling, and the implementation of an industrial medical surveillance program.
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81209891
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; 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:
  10 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00119100
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-257700
• 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 81-209-891, 1981 June ; 1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Editor(s):
  Brown, Odessa
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3559 - Special industry machinery, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c461ba425f3836b7b3799e2cfdc78785d4d064c9611d3618a720337711c8ac1daca23705e0528b5640078a5380e1eb908628bfd94cca156773efa2d308ec53cf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173275/cdc_173275_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.17 MB ]