Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-15-421: Leeds & Northrup Corporation, Expendable Devices Division: Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Kominsky, John R. ; Stroman, Raymond E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on December 13-15 at the Leed and Northrup Corporation, Expendable Devices Division, Ellwood City, Pa., a facility engaged in the manufacture of carbon analysis and temperature determination devices (SIC-2865). The survey was prompted by a request from an authorized representative of the approximately 20 affected employees to determine whether any substance found in the work place has potentially toxic effects in such concentrations as used or found. The airborne concentrations of formaldehyde (50000) and ammonia (7429905) were low enough to prevent respiratory injury but not the subjective upper eye and respiratory irritation reported by some of the workers. Workers involved in cement mixing presented dermatitis which could be minimized by use of protective equipment and other measures. The operator of a large mixed was exposed to potentially toxic levels of respirable crystalline silica (7631869). Recommendations are made for measures that can help minimize dermal and respiratory effects apparent to the manufacturing processes evaluated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dermatitis Dust Environmental Monitoring Formaldehyde Irritants Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Phenol Safety Silicon Dioxide Skin Skin Diseases Temperature Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Ammonia Analytical-instrumentation Carbon Analysis And Temperature Determination Devices Crystalline Silica Dust-control Eye And/Or Upper Respiratory Tract Irritation Hazard-Confirmed HHE-77-15-421 Hydrogen Cyanide Industrial-plants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Respiratory-irritants Silica-dusts Skin-disorders Temperature-measurement-instrumentation Total And Respirable Particulate

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7715421
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Ellwood City (PA) ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  25 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Wisseman, Charles L. ; Hollett, Bruce A. ; Belanger, Pierre L. ; Goetz, Carol ; Gibson, Gordon ; Lessley, Jim D. ; Brooks, Thomas M. ; Pierce, Frank D. ; Lyon, Karen S. ; Lebrizzi, Joseph M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074930
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-181507
• 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 77-15-421, 1977 Sep ; :1-25
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2865 - Cyclic crudes and intermediates - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:53f566caccf77e767590af135312cc7c52235e996bcb06f30410ba472788fe262163b931f50f42b9fd74b6a5ffca8f9f60d5e64ec2423a69db280286232bd976
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173910/cdc_173910_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.63 MB ]