Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-29-322: Columbus Products Corporation: Columbus, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Geissert, Jack O. ; Herbert, John
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A combined environmental-medical health hazard evaluation was carried out in the Wire Harness area at Columbus Products Corporation (SIC-2821), as a result of complaints of dry throat and headaches received from workers employed in the polyvinyl-chloride (9002862) molding operation. According to the results obtained exposure of employees to chemical agents at molding operations are not believed to be toxic under the conditions recorded at the time of the survey. Worker exposures to benzene (71432), carbon- monoxide, hydrogen-chloride (7647010), and vinyl-chloride (75014) were determined by personal and area air sampling. Complaints of dry throat and headache did not appear to be related to activities and materials used in the area. The reported symptoms could be due to the presence of an unidentified agent, back drafting of contaminated outside air, or group hysteria. Recommendations are made for the reevaluation of the ventilation system. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Benzene Chlorine Compounds Dust Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Toxicology Ventilation Vinyl Chloride
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Breathing-zone Carbon Monoxide Chlorinated-ethylenes Exposure-limits Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-76-29-322 Hydrogen Chloride Industrial-plants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health OSHA Region 5 Poly Vinyl Chloride PVC Sampling-methods Vinyl-plastics Vinyl-polymers

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7629322
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Columbus (OH) ; 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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Eller, Peter M. ; Hudson, Steven L. ; Lessley, S. ; Pierce, Frank D.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056658
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273706
• 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 76-29-322, 1976 Aug ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Polyvinyl Chloride (CAS RN 9002-86-2) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2821 - Plastics materials and resins - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ef77dd70dda7d8db2b0ad84ae0900c1c5c42129dd7b4991b5fc3fec17d0dee44bbfcb56143eaf1157d073c34ba699541214328ae968cdab115efc29eed05436f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174005/cdc_174005_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.22 MB ]