Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report 76-54-436: Certain-Teed Products, Inc.: Richmond, California

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• Personal Author:
  Apol, Arvin G. ; Okawa, Melvin T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on September 29-30, 1976, to determine whether materials used in the production of asphalt shingles and rolled roofing materials (SIC- 2952) are toxic in the concentrations found at the Certain-Teed Products Corporation plant, Richmond, California. The evaluation was prompted by a request from an authorized employee representative regarding the exposure of approximately 50 affected employees to various toxic dusts and fumes. Environmental surveys revealed that employees working in and around the coater line for roofing shingles were exposed to excessive concentration of limestone (1317653) and other nuisance dusts, while those employed in the slate operation were exposed to potentially toxic concentrations of a dust which contain crystalline silica (7631869). Exposure to benzo(a)pyrene (50328) other polynuclear aromatics, alpha-naphthylamine (134327), beta-naphthylamine (91598), aliphatic hydrocarbons, benzene (71432) and other aromatic hydrocarbons were not toxic. Exposure to asphalt fumes could not be adequately determined with the current sampling and analytical methods. There were only signs of irritation from exposure to dust and fumes among the 18 employees interviewed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Amines Benzopyrenes Carcinogens Dust Environmental Monitoring Hydrocarbons Lung Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Silicon Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Aromatic-amines Chemical-carcinogens Crystalline Silica Dust-control Dust-inhalation Hazard-Confirmed HHE-76-54-436 Industrial-plants Irritation Limestone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nuisance Dusts OSHA Region 9 Polynuclear-hydrocarbons Respiratory-irritation Silica-dusts

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7654436
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Richmond (CA) ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Neumeister, Charles E. ; Belinky, Barry R.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074922
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-140198
• 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 76-54-4361977 Oct ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Limestone (CAS RN 1317-65-3) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Benzo(a)pyrene (CAS RN 50-32-8) ; 1-Naphthylamine (CAS RN 134-32-7) ; 2-Naphthylamine (CAS RN 91-59-8) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2952 - Asphalt felts and coatings - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8f9811c05d2f48e88fdc789da867b26c669d00636e7b041ee3bdfd7d32e3a75dbad322383d8a8c286f9ff28cf15a7e41a5ef4fa8d58b15ed35797a5b464b46a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173918/cdc_173918_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.11 MB ]