Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 80-19-765: Jeannette Glass Company: Jeannette, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Elesh, W. Elva ; Taylor, James S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal and area environmental samples were analyzed for arsenic- trioxide (1327533), selenium (7782492), silica (7631869), total and respirable dust, exposed and nonexposed workers were examined by a dermatologist and samples of blood, urine and pubic hair were collected at the Jeannette Glass Company (SIC-3229), in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, on April 8 and 9, 1980. The evaluation was requested by the American Flint Glassworkers of North America, Local 535, on behalf of 35 workers in the mix and melt areas and the batchhouse. Arsenic concentrations ranged from 2 to 11 micrograms per cubic meter (CuM). One of eight samples had an arsenic concentration of 10.77 micrograms/CuM, which exceeded the OSHA criteria of 10 micrograms/CuM. Concentrations of selenium were below the federal standard of 200 micrograms/CuM. Respirable dust concentrations ranged from 0.14 to 0.99 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/CuM) and the quartz content of bulk dust was 10 percent. Some of the examined workers were afflicted with various presumably non-occupational skin disorders. Blood samples had arsenic concentrations below the detection limit of 1 microgram per 100 grams of blood. The authors conclude a health hazard due to arsenic-trioxide existed in the area surveyed. Since June 1980, arsenic-trioxide is no longer used at the factory. The authors recommend measures to avoid spillage, periodical monitoring of respirable silica, and informing arsenic exposed workers of an increased risk of developing skin and lung cancer. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Silicates Arsenic Carcinogens Dust Environmental Monitoring Inorganic Chemicals Metals Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Arsenic Arsine Dust-analysis Hazards-Confirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-19-765 Metalloids NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 Selenium Silica Dust Silicates Worker-health

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE8019765
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Jeanette (PA) ; 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:
  15 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Jannerfeldt, Eric R. ; Lee, Stephen A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00112015
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-149741
• 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 80-19-765, 1980 Nov ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Arsenic trioxide (CAS RN 1327-53-3) ; Selenium (CAS RN 7782-49-2) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3229 - Pressed and blown glass, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ab49ec53402299409a80afa9d7f945d1d99ef649afd0ccfc3d490bce16ba2e36aa63d30ec6002904ad9209e97106f57f81a012a2dac546d3cc45059ab12b389f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173454/cdc_173454_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.51 MB ]