Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 80-67-749: Firestone Tire & Rubber Company: Akron, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  McGlothlin, James D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental air samples were analyzed for the presence of volatilized N-nitrosamines at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (SIC-3011) in Akron, Ohio, on April 2, 1980. A representative of the United Rubber Workers Local 7 requested a survey on behalf of 1,550 affected workers. Volatile N-nitrosomorpholine (59892), N- nitrosodimethylamine (62759), and N-nitrosodiethylamine (55185) were detected in samples collected during the survey. Nitrosamine concentrations were highest during the extrusion process of racing tire components. N-Nitrosomorpholine was detected at 1.62 micrograms per cubic meter (micrograms/m3), N-nitrosodimethylamine was detected at 1.02 micrograms/m3, and N-nitrosodiethylamine was detected at 0.48 micrograms/m3. The average concentration for all N- nitro compounds was 0.25 micrograms/m3. The author concludes that while no recommended standard exists for airborne nitrosamine exposure, their potent carcinogenicity dictates that exposure to nitrosamines be kept to a minimum. He recommends worker education, improvements in ventilation and chemical substitution. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Nitrosamines Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Ventilation Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-67-749 Industrial-hygiene N-nitrosamines N-nitrosodiethylamine N-nitrosodimethylamine N-nitrosodiphenylamine N-nitrosomorpholine NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Tire Manufacturing Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE8067749
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Akron (OH) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Lucas, Andrew D. ; Patnode, Richard H. ; Brown, Odessa
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00108667
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-103144
• 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 80-67-749, 1980 Oct ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  N-nitrosomorpholine (CAS RN 59-89-2) ; N-nitrosodimethylamine (CAS RN 62-75-9) ; N-nitrosodiethylamine (CAS RN 55-18-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• 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:
  urn:sha-512:33de7e5c1818cc7b97e9e096adebf8a81780284d53ebe8cf32450763a4523fb2614695cb3a49912c4cfe8f431f992157353ca688cfebceccc732721b27d29a2e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173493/cdc_173493_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.40 MB ]