Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-107-373: Pabst Brewing Company: Peoria, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Price, James H.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Acting on a request from an authorized representative of employees regarding exposure of workers to anhydrous diethyl-ether (60297) resulting in nausea, light headedness and swelling of the inner ear, a Health Hazard Evaluation Survey was conducted by NIOSH at the laboratory and Special Analysis Room of the Pabst Brewing Company (SIC-2082), Peoria, Illinois, on October 12-14, 1976. Based upon environmental sampling, including personal and area air sampling, medical evaluation by interviews of the approximately 20 affected employees, observation of work practices, and production levels, it was concluded that exposures of employees to ethyl-ether in the areas mentioned were not toxic. Recommendations are made regarding improvement of ventilation, storage, and installation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Ether Laboratories Occupational Health Safety Ventilation Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Breathing-zone Control-measures Ethyl Ether Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-76-107-373 Laboratory NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Safety-practices Working-conditions

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE76107373
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Peoria (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:
  9 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Burroughs, G. Edward
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00069422
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-270875
• 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 76-107-373, 1977 Mar ; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethyl ether (CAS RN 60-29-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2082 - Malt beverages - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b7343a3bd7e3e6e3da8647219d579e8f5db7956a08f3b7d95d5def14850339c5cf7a3b5751266b1455d66ead034d63d03082648a2811abcdc6a5fc6e0a9e1f10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173951/cdc_173951_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.59 MB ]