Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-38-170: Beltx Corporation: Antonia, Missouri

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• Personal Author:
  Butler, George J. ; Hervin, Raymond L. ; Lucas, James B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Lint and other dust, generated during sewing and similar operations utilizing nylon (32131172) stretch knit or lace, nylon non-run, and acetate non-run tricot textile fabrics are cited as not toxic at concentrations measured in the panty department. Lint or other nuisance dust may occasionally aggravate certain pre-existing medical conditions such as sinusitis or atopic dermatitis, and contribute to the discomfort of these conditions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Skin Skin Diseases Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Airborne-particulates Clothing-industry Dusts Hazards-Confirmed HHE-74-38-170 Lint NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Nuisance Dust Nylon OSHA Region 7 Skin-disorders Synthetic-materials Textile-fibers Textiles

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7438170
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; Antonia (MO) ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Holtz, John L. ; Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00028661
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246483
• 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 74-38-170, 1975 Jan ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f2c1a4e292820b98686d4c2910d6fcb020a4359f69bd28fad58bb6e10f9e6506944eead8f4d836475dbac4bdbec0a173d039b03271a43708fc5b2040d89a8d4f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174103/cdc_174103_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.17 MB ]