Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-93-296: Calhio Chemicals, Inc.: Perry, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Rostand, Robert A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on September 10, 1974 and March 9, 1976, at the Calhio Chemicals, Inc., Perry, Ohio, a facility engaged in the manufacturing of Folpet (133073) and Captan (133062) (SIC-2819). The survey was prompted by a request from a representative of at least 24 affected employees, regarding exposure to perchloromethyl-mercaptan (75707) and the sudden death of a 35 year old employee. Environmental sampling and medical evaluation failed to produce evidence of excessive incidence of chronic disease which could be associated with any of the substances in use including perchloromethyl-mercaptan. However, subjective evidence of transient irritation associated with perchloromethyl-mercaptan during the first plant visit and with Captan dust, chlorine (7782505), and imide dust during the follow-up visit was found. Recommendations are made for improved ventilation, pre-employment medical examination and use of respirators. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Chlorine Dust Environmental Monitoring Fungi Fungicide, Industrial Lung Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Sense Organs

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Captan Dust Chemical-industry Chlorine Gas Eye-irritation Fungicides Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-74-93-296 Imide Dust Industrial-plants Irritation NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Perchloromethyl Mercaptan Respiratory-irritation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7493296
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Perry (OH) ; 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:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Schutte, George R. ; Morrison, John
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074991
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-166334
• 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 74-93-296, 1976 Jun ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Folpet (CAS RN 133-07-3) ; Captan (CAS RN 133-06-2) ; Trichloromethanethiol (CAS RN 75-70-7) ; Chlorine (CAS RN 7782-50-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2819 - Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a1eb7f834eaa1a141a4ae8e2ce4533f734b65989314e0103b6f539952c0efb2ed57a4fe96371af903a2c85213a2e9f8775e60b7d9eddeafeea1f604ba43b98bc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173893/cdc_173893_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.42 MB ]