Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-160-206: Glyco Chemicals, Incorporated: Williamsport, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Cromer, John W. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Employees at the reactor station of a chemical company (SIC-2869) are found exposed to toxic concentrations of 1,3-dichloro-5,5- dimethylhydantoin (118525) (DCDMH), the levels exceeding both the ACGIH Threshold Limit and the OSHA standards. Cough and chest discomfort are found in a reactor operator. The major cause of the over exposure is found to be an accidental over reaction during the aeration process causing 100-150 pounds of DCDMH. Detailed information concerning environmental and medical results are presented. Recommendations include engineering controls, periodic education of all employees in the use of respiratory equipment, atmospheric sampling inside the plant, and maintenance of all local exhaust ventilation systems. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Hydantoins Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  1 ,3-dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin Chest Discomfort Cough DCDMH Hazard-Confirmed HHE-73-160-206 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 3 Personal-protective-equipment Respiratory-system-disorders Safety-engineering Safety-standards Threshold-limit-values Toxic-gases Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73160206
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Williamsport (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:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Larkin, Robert L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00048840
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249386
• 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 73-160-206, 1975 Jul ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,3-Dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (CAS RN 118-52-5)
• 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-512:053e0db650fcb9a717762add3d6e8339cc29223f670fda08db4a389b928891468bd59071407dd224e5ea2c5377f9609d31900d6b15c1eb82e892ba8cfd3614d5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174069/cdc_174069_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.25 MB ]