Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-100-197: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries, Inc.: New Martinsville, West Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental evaluation of the potential risks due to chlorine (7782505) gas, mercury (7439976) vapor, and alkali mist in a chemical industry (SIC-2813) reveals levels of caustic mist and mercury are not hazardous. A potential hazard from chlorine gas exists if respiratory protective equipment is not worn. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chlorine Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mercury Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Caustic Mist Chemical-processing-industry Chlorine Gas Environmental-contaminants Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-73-100-197 Mercury Mercury Vapor NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 3 Personal-protective-equipment Respiratory Protection Toxicity

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73100197
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; New Martinsville (WV) ; 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. ; Shoemaker, William E. ; Smallwood, Anthony W.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00039595
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249377
• 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 73-100-197, 1975 May ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chlorine (CAS RN 7782-50-5) ; Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2813 - Industrial gases - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:543f573d2c034ca062b8191193a81b0fec679ed3d7376f0192e8992457c0357d364c5f64303da67da836da93a1c92fec478166550a5b947dbae86a7901ea06b8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174084/cdc_174084_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.13 MB ]