Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 72-121-242: Medford Veneer & Plywood Corp.: Medford, Oregon

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• Personal Author:
  Apol, Arvin G. ; Rostand, Robert A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Veneer dryer emissions, principally abietic (514103) and pimaric- acids (127275) and alpha and beta-pinene (1330161), present in the vicinity of the veneer dryer operations (SIC-2436) under usual working conditions, may produce transient irritation of the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose and throat, as well as the upper respiratory tract, producing cough. Veneer dryer emissions as well as smoke from fires that occasionally break out in the dryers may transiently aggravate underlying asthmatic or other chronic respiratory conditions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asthma Asthma, Occupational Diterpenes Hydrocarbons Hypersensitivity Irritants Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Ventilation Wood

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• Keywords:
  A-and B-pinene Abietic Air-contamination Condensed Hydrocarbons Cough Hazards-Confirmed HHE-72-121-242 Irritation Of The Mucous Membranes Of The Eyes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nose Irritation OSHA Region 10 Pimaric Acids Respiratory-system-disorders Throat Irritation Upper Respiratory Tract Irritation Veneer Dryer Emissions Woodworking-industry

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE72121242
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; Medford (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:
  24 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Philbin, Eileen J. ; Gunter, Bobby J. ; Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Modest, Geoffrey ; Morrison, John
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00051761
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249422
• 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 72-121-242, 1975 Dec ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Abietic acid (CAS RN 514-10-3) ; Pimaric acid (CAS RN 127-27-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2436 - Softwood veneer and plywood - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cd08089d43bc800ae8b9996e98e08c39f70072e9a916c02170deacdb64ed3c0cea27e168d9fd1af6f2ef83fce002b33a30e446a9f4275dfc0758fe31c0e85f80
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174044/cdc_174044_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.42 MB ]