Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 78-127-692: TA 78-65: Stauffer Chemical Company: Chicago Heights, Illinois

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An evaluation of delayed neurotoxic effects from possible exposure to o-ethyl-o,p-nitrophenyl-phenylphosphonothioate (EPN) (2104645) was performed following an accidental explosion at the Stauffer Chemical Company (SIC-2879), Chicago Heights, Illinois. The explosion occurred on August 18, 1978, and the neurological evaluations of 53 persons were performed at an unspecified date following the explosion, at the request of Stauffer Chemical Company and the Illinois Department of Health. The evaluation included a medical history, clinical neurological examination, electromyography, and nerve conduction studies. Eight cases of definite or possible peripheral neuropathy were detected, but none were typical of toxic neuropathy. Methodologic problems with the study and low numbers of participants prevented a meaningful epidemiological analysis of the data. NIOSH suggests that in other EPN operations, Stauffer follow standard recommendations for pesticide manufacturing. Continued medical follow-up should be available to all workers exposed to EPN. Firefighting and rescue workers responding to chemical fires should be adequately protected. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Explosions Firefighters Insecticides Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accidents Air-contaminants Chemical-factory-workers Combustion-products EPN Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-78-127-692 Industrial-emissions Industrial-factory-workers Nervous-system-disorders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation O-Ethyl O-P-Nitrophenyl Phenylphosphonothioate Organophosphate Insecticide OSHA Region 5 Peripheral Neuropathy Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE78127692
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Chicago Heights (IL) ; 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:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00098083
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-112104
• 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 78-127-692, 1980 Jun ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  O-Ethyl O-4-nitrophenyl phenyl phosphonothioate (CAS RN 2104-64-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2879 - Agricultural chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:97a36512f6bb0207d0fcae6bf2b5bfe0363fa32c7309b681684b109343a5aadedffee764a8044fc02fac2ac5cc22eb634ad719b07062e95c03bb2a2524fe8562
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173676/cdc_173676_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.35 MB ]