Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-114-207: Koppers Company, Inc.: Oil City, Pennsylvania, 16301

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• Personal Author:
  Gilles, Dawn M. ; Lucas, James B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Medical and environmental data collected during January-April 1975 indicate that exposure to airborne 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (128370), or DBPC, had resulted in definite and persistent eye and nose irritation among the chemical workers in the centrifuge crystallization area of the Koppers Company, Inc. (SIC-2869), Old City, Pennsylvania. Results of samplings taken subsequent to extensive engineering and ventilation changes made after the initial measurements show effective reduction in the DBPC concentrations in the area. It appears likely that the changes will be sufficient to prevent development of irritative symptoms in the employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Eye Diseases Isonipecotic Acids Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Ventilation
• Keywords:
  2, 6-ditertiary Butyl-4-methyl Phenol Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Chemical-processing-industry Control-measures DBPC Environmental-engineering Exposure-limits Eye-disorders Eye-irritation Eye And Nose Irritation Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-74-114-207 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 Sampling-methods Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE74114207
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Oil City (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:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Roper, C. Paul ; Kominsky, John R. ; Grote, Ardith A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00048852
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249-387
• 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 74-114-207, 1975 Jul ; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (CAS RN 128-37-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2869 - Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:edc720c2cb93d36e3b159fa4eca880547f0e00c0df288dad4a7bf9fe60312e92ad6d549d405306b54c004b3c8ca6c97c00a787a6a2f09311b8428d8c0aa8e05d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174058/cdc_174058_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB ]