Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 79-41-594: Stout Sportswear: Queens Long Island City, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Schwartz, Eugene ; White, Gary L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental air sample tests and nondirective medical interviews were conducted with 19 employees of the Stout Sportswear Company (SIC-2321) in Queens Long Island City, New York, on January 23, 1979. The evaluation was requested by an authorized employee representative to determine exposure levels of ammonia (7664417), carbon-monoxide (630080), carbon-dioxide (124389), nitrogen-oxides (11104931), formaldehyde (50000), and sulfur-dioxide (7446095) encountered from the use of a photomaker machine. Concentrations of the above chemicals were barely detectable and well below OSHA standards, respectively, of 50, 50, 5 percent, 3, 5, and 0.5 parts per million parts of air. Medical evaluations revealed various health problems associated with low level exposure to ammonia. It is concluded that worker exposure to the chemicals in question did not pose a chronic health hazard. Recommendations are made for routine inspection of the photomaker machine, adherence to safety and first aid procedures, and improved ventilation systems. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Alkalies Ammonia Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Textile Industry Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles Ammonia Ammonia-induced Irritation C9-C11 Alkanes Garment-workers Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-79-41-594 Medical-screening Naphtha Distillates NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 2 Perchloroethylene Textile-products Toluene Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7941594
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Queens (NY) ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Wilcox, Thomas G. ; Delmage, Robert M. ; Hamilton, Marlene
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00091532
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-149560
• 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 79-41-594, 1979 May ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7 ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2321 - Men's and boys' shirts - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5a00c94cf25766190f42a15bc0b89cf0d6ebb2a3d53a91888cf48d3358fe1b81a910b0d6b377837fddf2067bd7ae6e2b5cd474ddfa9334bf6172ac7c77f1067b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173790/cdc_173790_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.73 MB ]