Technical Assistance Report No. TA-76-90: Newport Industrial Products: Newport, Tennessee

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• Personal Author:
  Hollett, Bruce A. ; Schloemer, Joann R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to chemical and physical hazards at Newport Industrial Products, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (SIC-3011), in Newport, Tennessee were surveyed on September 22 and 23, 1976. An evaluation was requested by a representative of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America, International Union on behalf of 260 workers. No measurable physiological strain appeared in the preshift and postshift medical tests given to 41 of the factory personnel. Wet bulb globe temperatures exceeded American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Values for permissible heat exposure. Concentrations of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556), 2- nitropropane (79469), methylchloride (74873), dioxane (123911), and methylethyl-ketone (78933) were below respective OSHA standards of 350, 25, 500, 200 and 100 parts per million (ppm). Rubber solvent and 5 to 8 carbon chain alkanes were below the ACGIH standard of 400ppm and the NIOSH standard of 350 milligrams per cubic meter, respectively. Parts of the ventilation system were inadequate. The authors recommend continuing surveillance to avoid excessive heat stress and to minimize rubber process emissions exposures, including preplacement and periodic medical examinations, health and safety education concerning heat acclimatization, use of appropriate clothing, exposure reduction for periods of high heat stress, provision of adequate ventilation, availability of salt, drinking water, emergency supplies, and scales to measure daily weight loss from dehydration.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  54 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Rivera, Raymond ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Stringer, William
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115882
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-106906
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 76-90, 1978 Jan ; :1-51
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; 2-Nitropropane (CAS RN 79-46-9) ; Methyl chloride (CAS RN 74-87-3) ; 1,4-Dioxane (CAS RN 123-91-1) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3)
• Editor(s):
  Goetz, Carol
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3011 - Tires and inner tubes - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173362/cdc_173362_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.31 MB ]