Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE-80-065-780: Clorox Company; Jersey City, New Jersey

Kominsky JR

doi:10.26616/NIOSHHHE80065780

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CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners. As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.

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Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE-80-065-780: Clorox Company; Jersey City, New Jersey

1980/12/01
By Kominsky JR
Series: Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)

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Kominsky JR
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Air samples were analyzed for total dust and proteolytic enzymes, and employees were medically evaluated at the Clorox Company (SIC- 2840) in Jersey City, New Jersey, on April 29 and 30 and May 29 and 30, 1980. The evaluation was requested by an authorized representative of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, Local 8-406 on behalf of 15 exposed workers. None of the 15 high volume area samples, which ranged from 0.002 to 1.57 micrograms per cubic meter, exceeded the 3.9 micrograms per cubic meter American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists' threshold limit value for enzyme dust. Thirteen percent of the dust samples exceeded the 1.0 milligram per cubic meter dust specification. Medical evaluation of employees revealed the presence of upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms, skin rash and post shift wheezes. Three of the 12 exposed employees showed sensitization to the enzyme. There was a significant decrease in forced expiratory volume in one second at the end of the work shift. The authors conclude that some workers had become sensitized to the bacterial enzymes. They recommend reduction of the concentration of enzymes in the work environment.
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Bacterial Infections Occupational Health Safety
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Bacterial-dusts Detergent Enzymes Detergents And Cleaning Preparations Esperase 4.0M Hazards-Confirmed HHE-80-065-780 Industrial-factory-workers NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 2 Proteolytic Enzymes Sensitization Soap
Series:

Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80065780
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2

New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 Less -
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:

1-33
NIOSHTIC Number:

00111998
NTIS Accession Number:

PB82-151093
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 80-065-780, 1980 Dec; :1-33
Federal Fiscal Year:

1981
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

284 - Soap, Cleaners, and Toilet Goods - (SIC 1987)
Resource Number:

HHE-80-065-780
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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