Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-126-646: Shell Chemical Company, Rocky Mountain Arsenal: Denver, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  White, Gary L. ; Whorton, Donald
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental sampling for organic pesticide vapors was conducted at the Shell Chemical Company (SIC-2879), in Denver, Colorado on January 26 and 27, and May 15 to 23, 1978, at the request of an authorized employee representative. A medical evaluation was performed on April 3 to 5, 1979. The company employed about 318 full time workers, and approximately 180 were considered to be affected. No toxic exposure to any of the pesticides was found during the first visit, although some trace amounts were detected. Some excessive exposures were noted during the followup visit, but all were below any exposure criteria. Some employees exposed to dibromochloropropane (96128) had reduced or no sperm counts, but the reversibility of this reaction could not be determined. The authors conclude that additional analytical developments are needed to accurately assess exposures at this facility. Strict controls and surveillance are necessary since the effects from chronic low level exposure to the pesticides are not clear. The authors recommend observance of strict personal hygiene, the use of safety and health education programs, routine maintenance, medical consultations with employees, and development of a toxicological information manual for workers and customers concerning organophosphate pesticides. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Chromatography Environmental Monitoring Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Surveys Insecticides Occupational Health Pathology Propane Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires Urogenital Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Air-sampling Azoospermic Chromatographic-analysis Control-measures DBCP Dibromochloropropane Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-survey HHE-77-126-646 Medical-monitoring NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Oligospermic OSHA Region 8 Pathologic-effects Pesticides Reproductive-system-disorders Safety-programs

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE77126646
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Denver (CO) ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  44 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Gunter, Bobby J. ; Moseley, Clifford L. ; Tharr, Dawn G. ; Milby, Thomas ; Lassiter, Donald ; Delmage, Robert
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00092895
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-163256
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 77-126-646, 1979 Dec ; :1-47
• CAS Registry Number:
  Dibromochloropropane (CAS RN 96-12-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• NORA Priority Area:
  Reproductive-system-disorders
• 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-512:162c620117692abedcab3a57012865e33be022a6cf2e1ad0c77b8217868bffbb5e5287e114729642d4e6617e79e126b09a989eb4e5965dae2d7606542734d9f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173716/cdc_173716_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.47 MB ]