Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-18-288: Syntex Fabrics, Inc.: Williamsport, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Meyer, Channing R. ; Rosensteel, Robert E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A combined environmental medical evaluation conducted at the Syntex Fabrics (SIC-2241), Incorporated, Williamsport, Pennsylvania shows that a potential health hazard from exposure to dust containing cotton may exist to workers exposed in Area One of the Weaving Department. Although no case of byssinosis has occurred during eight weeks' operation of the weaving process, there is evidence that upper respiratory irritation is present to a greater degree in workers from Area One than in the surrounding areas. Recommendations include the adoption of recommendations in the NIOSH Criteria Document for cotton dust by Syntex Fabrics, and audiometric testing and X-ray of the chest as part of pre-employment examination. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Dust Gossypium Noise Occupational Health Radiography Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Safety Management Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Air-pollution Audiometry Chest-X-rays Control-measures Cotton Dust-inhalation Hazard-Confirmed Hazards HHE-76-18-288 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 3 Preemployment-examinations Respirable Dust Respiratory-system-disorders Safety-measures Textile-workers Textiles-industry Total Dust Upper Respiratory Irritation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7618288
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Williamsport (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:
  24 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Hatch, Loren L. ; Geissert, Jack O. ; Belinky, Barry R. ; Grote, Ardith A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00057331
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-140214
• 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 76-18-288, 1976 May ; :1-15
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2141 - Tobacco stemming and redrying - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fe73a6d92ba0d6d03c0d46dd8441fdde196072b31449a53dfe62a17b0f2cf732710b01d9bb461c9d9a25bda0ac13a505eae1f88a9b9e2d7e206e4e29db6c03a8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173981/cdc_173981_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.58 MB ]