Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-15-250: Converse Rubber Company: Malden, Massachusetts

Details

• Personal Author:
  Levy, Beth S. B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental surveys and employee interviews conducted at the Converse Rubber Company (SIC-3021) indicate that compounders in the doubling room are exposed to excessive concentrations of airborne particulates and that brief periodic exposures to higher concentrations of zinc (7440666) stearate may produce irritation of the upper respiratory tract. Ammonia (7664417) concentrations measured are also determined to be capable of producing sensory irritation. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Ammonia
  • Carcinogens
  • Dust
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Irritants
  • Metals
  • Methylene Chloride
  • Occupational Health
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases
  • Rubber
  More +
• Keywords:
  • NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation
  • NIOSH-Author
  • HHE-75-15-250
  • Hazards-Confirmed
  • OSHA Region 1
  • Rubber-manufacturing-industry
  • Toxic-substances
  • Organo-metallic-compounds
  • Dust-inhalation
  • Respiratory-system-disorders
  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7515250
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Malden (MA) ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Gilles, Dawn M. ; Geissert, Jack O.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00051772
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249430
• 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 75-15-250, 1975 Dec ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7
  • Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3021 - Rubber and plastics footwear - (SIC)
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174033/cdc_174033_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.27 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6b1ab8b0c76996ff2abb8eefdf18c0cad2925d34730a94a0bd547acde222855065b96c3a3776379050081abb1d035a45c174eed795e0683897ffb0635c9917c