Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-13-316: Cargill Elevator - Terminal 4: Portland, Oregon

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• Personal Author:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Meyer, Channing R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical investigations of grain handling activities were carried out at the Cargill Elevator (SIC-0723). Workers experienced negligible exposures to vapors of carbon- tetrachloride (56235) and carbon-disulfide (75150), potentially toxic components of the fumigant Weevil-Cide. Grain dust exposures were low, but the potential for significant dust exposure in some areas was demonstrated. No cases of severe skin problems were found during the survey, although malathion (121755) may have been responsible for several reported cases of severe dermatitis. Recommendations are made for surveillance and health maintenance because of the known toxicity of the agents used. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Carbon Tetrachloride Dust Hazardous Substances Hydrocarbons Insecticides Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Skin Skin Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Airborne-particulates Carbon Disulfide Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Fumigant Grain-elevators Grain Handling Hazard-Confirmed HHE-76-13-316 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 10 Skin-disorders Storage Toxic-gases Weevil-Cide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7613316
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; Portland (OR) ; 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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Gilles, Dawn M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00054446
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-263797
• 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 76-13-316, 1976 Jul ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon tetrachloride (CAS RN 56-23-5) ; Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0) ; Malathion (CAS RN 121-75-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4ac790c9294343d0ad8d42f4a34ee2a7206b752a70ed56e9cea4971a2e9b89a317720d1c53ace5cda579b0e51198ff581073207cb0ff4f6c57f4098941568534
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174016/cdc_174016_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.97 MB ]