Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Composite Report on Thiram: 75-THIRAM-352

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• Personal Author:
  Apol, Arvin G. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation conducted by NIOSH determined that Thiram poses a toxic hazard to both nursery workers and tree planters in the reforestation industry (SIC-8021, SIC-0851) in the Pacific Northwest. Environmental sampling yielded non-toxic air levels of Thiram (137268), but demonstrated a considerable variation in the amount of Thiram to be found on the trees to which the workers were exposed. Skin irritation in a portion of the work force due to direct contact with Thiram treated trees was suggested by symptoms reported during the few days each individual group was studied, in addition to being identified in the general medical histories. Irritation of eyes, nose and throat caused by Thiram exposure was identified by general medical history. However, during the individual periods of study the incidence of these symptoms occurring during the study period failed to show significant differences between groups working with Thiram and groups not working with Thiram. Systemic symptoms were attributed to exposure to Thiram by history, particularly when exposed to heavily sprayed trees or when the work week was extended beyond five days. These symptoms include headache, dizziness, nausea, diarrhea and other stomach complaints, fatigue and an intolerance to alcohol. It is of note that the alcohol intolerance described by history was generally fairly mild as compared to that experienced by persons taking the drug disulfiram (97778). Composite report for HHE's: 75-188 Challenge Reforestation, Inc., Falls City, Oregon
  
  75-136 Forestery Planting Service, Eugene, Oregon
  
  75-137 The Hoedads, Eugene, Oregon
  
  75-132 Industrial Forestry Association, Canby, Oregon
  
  75-184 Klamath Reforestation, Inc., Toledo, Oregon
  
  75-140 Webfoot Reforestation, Pleasant Hill, Oregon
  
  75-123 Weyerhaeuser Company, Centralia, Washington. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Digestive System Digestive System Diseases Environmental Monitoring Fungi Fungicide, Industrial Hazardous Substances Lung Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Sense Organs Skin Skin Diseases Thiram Toxicology

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Bare Root Seedlings Exposure-limits Eye-irritation Fungicides Gastrointestinal-system-disorders Hazard-Confirmed HHE-75-THIRAM-352 Irritation Of Eyes, Nose And Throat NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Nursery Workers OSHA Region 10 Plug Seedlings Reforestation Industry Respiratory-irritation Skin-disorders Skin-irritants Statistical-analysis Tetramethylthiuram Disulfide TMTD Toxic-chemicals Tree Planters

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75THIRAM352
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; Washington ; Falls City (OR) ; Eugene (OR) ; Canby (OR) ; Toledo (OR) ; Pleasant Hill (OR) ; Centralia (WA) ; OSHA Region 10
• 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:
  64 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Hatch, Loren L. ; Simpson, Lloyd ; Keefer, Marion
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00058645
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273729
• 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-THIRAM-352, 1976 Dec ; :1-64
• CAS Registry Number:
  Thiram (CAS RN 137-26-8) ; Disulfiram (CAS RN 97-77-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8021 - Offices and clinics of dentists - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4425d10398936c0894d449ed840a2f74a9a8f3d109f08228b6fe12552dadbb2283ffcfee78abaf3161461e638e6d89d5736f819c68b5896516cc3d4a3db1afc6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173968/cdc_173968_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.24 MB ]