Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-171-448: Owens-Illinois Glass Container Division, Atlanta Plant: Hapeville, Georgia 30354

Details

• Personal Author:
  Gamble, John F. ; Jones, William G. ; Roper, C. Paul
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on March 14-18, 1977, in the Forming and Selecting Departments of the Owens-Illinois Glass Container plant (SIC-3221) in Hapeville, Georgia. The survey was prompted by a request from an authorized representative of the approximately 500 affected employees contending that a previous NIOSH evaluation completed in April 1974 has considered sulfur-dioxide (7446095) exposure, but not sodium- sulfate (7757826) and other sulfur-dioxide decay products, and raising questions about the possibility of chronic lung damage resulting from airborne exposures of employees. Environmental sampling failed to detect unacceptable levels of sulfur-dioxide, sulfate, tin (7440315) compounds, chlorides and respirable particulates. Medical interviews and respiratory function tests did not demonstrate any increased risk of adverse symptoms or adverse health effects, due to exposure to airborne contaminants. No radiological abnormalities associated with occupational exposure were detected during the medical tests. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Diagnosis Dust Environmental Monitoring Glass Hazardous Substances Lung Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Sulfur Compounds Sulfur Dioxide Toxicology Ventilation

  More +
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Bottling Diagnostic-tests Glass-manufacturing-industry Hazard-Unconfirmed Heavy-metals HHE-75-171-448 Industrial-plants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 4 Pulmonary Function Respirable-dust Sodium Sulfate Sulfur-oxides Sulfur Dioxide Sulfur Dioxide Decay Products Tin Tetrachloride Toxic-chemicals

  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75171448
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Hapeville (GA) ; 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:
  45 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Eller, Peter M. ; Stettler, Lloyd
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00076127
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-278043
• 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 75-171-448, 1977 Dec ; :1-45
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Sodium sulfate (CAS RN 7757-82-6) ; Tin (CAS RN 7440-31-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3221 - Glass containers - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:94fb78d738d1e325223ffb79b3070ec8241a6cc9830536b7c838591edbe123adaf186258add08315b12de9d8a1a2629900bb07fcf6ac957d798a028790518d8b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173863/cdc_173863_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.75 MB ]