Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-78-264: The Celotex Corporation, Charleston Plant: Charleston, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Borcherding, Charles H. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on May 29, 1975, at the Charleston Plant of the Celotex corporation, in Charleston, Illinois, a facility engaged in the manufacturing of various types of construction insulating board (SIC-2661). The survey was prompted by a request from a representative of the 53 affected employees regarding exposure to fiberglass dust during the manufacture of a fibrous glass reinforced, resin construction- insulation board. Visual observation of the manufacturing operation and medical interviews with the employees revealed that no health hazard existed from airborne fibrous glass. In view of the fact that no workers reported skin irritations and observations in-plant indicated very little contamination from fibrous glass, and for the most part, adequate ventilation, no health hazard was judged to exist as the product was used or found. Recommendations are made for improved exhaust ventilation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Construction Industry Construction Materials Dust Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Skin Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Airborne-dusts Construction-materials Fibrous-dusts Fibrous Glass-reinforced Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-75-78-264 Industrial-plants Insulation-industry Insulation-materials NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Resin Construction-Insulation Board

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7578264
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Charleston (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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074998
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-166011
• 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 75-78-264, 1976 Feb ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2661 - Building Paper and Board Mills - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cfa0e5e7cf4c21c03f8a92fe8e3a4edd2fcb530a60f62618e096ab48dd098d2dfd9d3c012ed7a01da7dd8b91de76caa2b8f03065b7fd6ecbfdd4ded622555f51
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173886/cdc_173886_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.52 MB ]