Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 79-113-728: Olin Chemical Company: Brandenburg, Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H. ; Meyer, Channing R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical surveys were conducted on September 26 and 27, 1979, and January 14 to 18, 1980 to evaluate dinitrotoluene (25321146) (DNT) and toluene-diamine (25376458) (TDA) exposures to workers in the TDA unit of the Olin Chemical Company (SIC-2810) in Brandenburg, Kentucky. The evaluation was requested by an authorized representative on behalf of an unspecified number of employees. DNT concentrations ranged from 0.013 to 0.42 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) during the initial survey and from undetectable to 0.10 mg/m3 during the follow up survey. TDA concentrations ranged from 0.008 to 0.39 mg/m3 during the initial survey and from undetectable to 0.038 mg/m3 during the follow up survey. All DNT values were below the OSHA standard of 1.5 mg/m3. No accepted TDA standard existed. Medical findings included a significant reduction in sperm count among exposed workers. A slight excess of miscarriages among the wives of the exposed workers was found, but could not conclusively relate to the exposures. The author suggests that TDA and DNT may adversely affect the male reproductive system. He recommends that increase maintenance and cleanup effects be implemented, that the use of protective clothing be continued, and that a medical follow up program for exposed employees be instituted. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Nitrogen Compounds Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Toluene Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Blood Samples Chemical-industry-workers Dinitrotoluene DNT Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-79-113-728 Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitro-compounds OSHA Region 4 Reproductive-effects Semen Samples TDA Toluene Diamine Urine Samples

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE79113728
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Brandenburg (KY) ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  23 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Woodruff, Jackie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00103567
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-167819
• 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 79-113-728, 1980 Aug ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers) (CAS RN 25321-14-6) ; 2,4-Diaminotoluene (CAS RN 25376-45-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  281 - Industrial Inorganic Chemicals - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:51b572f587bc2a18fff69625c2dd089227e7ab550cb1ea603212f1f1cbae40a1273bbe18fea172b9feceae82fdad0d36f28de274a49a94a85f4d3abb3a400285
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173508/cdc_173508_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.18 MB ]