Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-201-900: General Foods; Lafayette, Indiana

Details

• Personal Author:
  Albrecht, William N.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposures to food additives, food dyes, and insecticides were investigated at General Foods (SIC-2090) in Lafayette, Indiana, on April 13 to 14, 1981. An unidentified individual requested the evaluation on behalf of 47 workers. General medical epidemiological questionnaires were administered, work practices were observed, and toxicity data on the chemicals used was collected. No serious work-related adverse health effects were revealed by the medical questionnaires. Working conditions were hygienic and ventilation was effective. Most of the materials utilized in the production process were of negligible or extremely low toxicity. The authors conclude that no hazardous exposures to food additives, food dyes, or insecticides are present at this facility.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81201900
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Watanabe, Arthur S.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00119094
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-103952
• 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 81-201-900, 1981 June ; 1-8
• Editor(s):
  Woodruff, Jackie
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  209 - Miscellaneous Food and Kindred Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9673ddd0b4e33b7deea08edcf595e763a1b6f55f8f238f3a46d7173198790e8ee151d5ceda6f6188552e6742f5c7f4e2cad6e401390db24124c7cc0d6dcd80c8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173281/cdc_173281_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 949.14 KB ]