Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 80-2-727: Continental Plastic Containers: Springdale, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H. ; Gorman, Richard W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and bulk sampling was conducted and medical questionnaires were administered to workers in the orbit module area of Continental Plastic Containers (SIC-3070), in Springdale, Ohio on November 8, 1979, March 30 and April 7, 1980. An evaluation request came from the president of the Local 127 Glass Bottle Blowers Association on behalf of an unspecified number workers. The environmental samples contained 0.72 to 0.90 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) of formaldehyde (50000), well below the OSHA standard of 3.7 mg/m3. Concentrations of acetaldehyde (75070), phenol (108952), valeraldehyde (110623), and aniline (62533) were below the recommended limits. The authors conclude that no health hazard existed. They recommend that module operators use goggles to reduce eye irritation and that the module discharge chutes be enclosed to reduce the amount of silicone mist. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Plastics Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Eye Irritation Formaldehyde Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-2-727 Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Plastics-industry Safety-engineering Safety-measures Sampling Silicone Mist Worker-health

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE802727
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Springdale (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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Brooks, Stuart M. ; Woodruff, Jackie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00103391
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-170854
• 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 80-2-727, 1980 Aug ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Acetaldehyde (CAS RN 75-07-0) ; Phenol (CAS RN 108-95-2) ; Pentanal (CAS RN 110-62-3) ; Aniline (CAS RN 62-53-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  307 - Miscellaneous Plastics Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b9815dce17fd57061bb6399797ca6de35860cd55df266dbe829e15562aa288f6c4df9493bcc5ece79ccd890d57f2eda9af802e54fdc507dfcf36138bbbf2d325
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173515/cdc_173515_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.66 MB ]