Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-117-372: Koppers Company, Incorporated: North Little Rock, Arkansas

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• Personal Author:
  Ligo, Robert N. ; Lucas, James B. ; Markel, Harry L. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Acting on a request received from an authorized representative of employees regarding their concern over the exposure of workers to creosote (8021394) and pentachlorophenol (87865), a health hazard evaluation was conducted by NIOSH at the wood treating operation (SIC-2865) of Koppers Company, North Little Rock, Arkansas. The results of air sampling revealed that the workers were exposed to potentially toxic levels of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, while exposures to airborne concentrations of pentachlorophenol were not toxic at the levels encountered. Interviews of nine of the 11 affected workers disclosed an episode of eye irritation and four cases of skin discoloration. Examination of the workers skin revealed two cases of mild oil folliculitis and three workers with pitch warts, both conditions probably due to creosote exposures. About 45 percent of the workers interviewed and examined had either elevated or borderline elevated blood pressure levels, although definite conclusions could not be drawn regarding the relationship of the pressure phenomena to occupational exposures. Recommendations are made for improving the existing working conditions and for the application of an occupational medical program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Carcinogens Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Coal Tar Cyclohexanes Environmental Monitoring Insecticides Occupational Health Polychlorinated Biphenyls Safety Skin Skin Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Cardiovascular-system-disorders Chlorinated-phenols Coal Tar Pitch Volatiles Creosote Cyclohexane Solubles Hazard-Unconfirmed Hazards-Confirmed HHE-75-117-372 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 6 Particulate Polycyclic Organic Matter Pesticides Polunuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons PPOM Skin-disorders

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75117372
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; North Little Rock (AR) ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kupel, Richard E. ; Larkin, Robert L. ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Belinky, Barry R. ; Hendricks, Russell H. ; Nelson, James A. ; Holt, J.C. ; Hudson, Steven L. ; Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Ligo, Robert N.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00069413
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-270860
• 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 75-117-372, 1977 Mar ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Pentachlorophenol (CAS RN 87-86-5)
• 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-512:599450b7e28e05478c649b882788d5c1f5c479a2797a04063aeef4ad1d891e2ff4e844e8f0cfade8e110e69d5532ffde0b1b30b3dbef298b6dbfbe04d5cf4b2b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173960/cdc_173960_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.50 MB ]