Health Hazard Evaluation Report HHE 80-023-804: Becton-Dickinson Company: Columbus, Nebraska

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• Personal Author:
  Burroughs, G. Edward ; Horan, John M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Employee interviews and environmental measurements were conducted at the Becton-Dickinson Company (SIC-3841) in Columbus, Nebraska on November 29 through December 1, 1979. Management of the company requested the evaluation to assess the effect of a new type of glass, used in hypodermic syringe manufacture, on the respiratory tract of employees. Six area air samples and personal air samples of 47 employees were collected and analyzed. Concentrations of antimony (7440360), cerium (7440451) and stilbene (588590) were 1 percent of the NIOSH recommended, maximum concentrations of 0.5 and 5 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/cum) and 50 parts per million, respectively. Total particulate matter was between 10 and 50 percent of the American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) standard of 10mg/cu m. Employee interviews revealed no reported symptoms on the days of evaluation. Respiratory symptoms reported during a previous run using the new glass were related to smoking habits and geographic location of the job site. The authors conclude that no health hazards exist from antimony or cerium-oxide generated during manufacture of syringes at the company. They recommend that if the new glass is reintroduced into production, management should submit a follow up request to NIOSH for another on site evaluation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Antimony Ceramics Environmental Monitoring Glass Occupational Health Safety Smokers Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Cerium Glass-manufacturing-industry Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-023-804 Hypodermic Syringe NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 7 Particulate Stibine Worker-health

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80023804
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; Columbus (NE) ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Brown, Odessa
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114048
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-191222
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 80-023-804, 1981 Jan ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Antimony (CAS RN 7440-36-0) ; Cerium (CAS RN 7440-45-1) ; Stilbene (CAS RN 588-59-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3841 - Surgical and medical instruments - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d22e71fb2e3990333c12269456301e72cf1f7c56dd5ead6d9b5df608893acd1b99cb568f9e3fb28bb58f1510b4b0fe444f52b2de2f4da0ca8aa5437d6b1e8364
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173416/cdc_173416_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.90 MB ]