Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. 79-15-678: Celestial Seasonings: Boulder, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Boehlecke, Brian A. ; Castellan, Robert M. ; Merchant, James A. ; Petersen, Martin R. ; Thedell, Terry D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Respiratory hazards associated with exposure to airborne herbal dusts were investigated on November 6 to 19, 1978 at Celestial Seasonings (SIC-2035) in Boulder, Colorado. The evaluation was requested by an authorized company representative on behalf of the 227 employees. Of 206 who participated in the medical evaluation, 173 completed respiratory questionnaires and preshift and postshift spirometric testing, and 129 had posteroanterior chest X-rays. Personal and general area air samples were analyzed for total and respirable dust. Dust exposure was correlated with the incidence of chronic cough and bronchitis. Dust exposure was greatest among millers and mixers in Warehouse 3. Small decrements in pulmonary function were found for some dust exposed workers during the work shift, especially among workers who reported the sensation of chest tightness. The authors recommend evaluating tea making and packaging processes to control dust exposures, periodic environmental monitoring, preplacement screening of new workers for asthma and allergies, preplacement and periodic respiratory function testing, and instituting a respiratory protection program for workers in Warehouse 3. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Monitoring Lung Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Dust-control Dust-exposure Hazards-Confirmed Health-surveys HHE-79-15-678 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 8 Pulmonary-function Respiratory-system-disorders Worker-health

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7915678
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Boulder (CO) ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  57 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114155
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-202359
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 79-15-678, 1980 Apr ; :1-56
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2035 - Pickles, sauces, and salad dressings - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:72315817bfe32a35b0d61c1a09a3194d63a7a05bf22ca5238854c0e2b78478c5f0b8bee1b2ca93afee78cecc0e222e1cb7844b8ca929e8162d4a79ce04d7b42c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173412/cdc_173412_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.98 MB ]