Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-29-161: Ethyl Visqueen Division of Ethyl Corp.: Terre Haute, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Bodner, Arnold H. ; Butler, George J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Medical and environmental evaluation of hazards from vinyl-chloride (75014) monomer in a plant manufacturing polyvinyl chloride pipe reveals a potential carcinogenic hazard in blending room areas of the plant. Air concentrations of vinyl chloride ranging from none detected to 4 parts per million are below the Federal Standard but exceed the none detectable concentration recommended by NIOSH. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Dust Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Plastics Safety
• Keywords:
  Carcinogenicity Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Environmental-contaminants Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-74-29-161 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Nuisance Dust OSHA Region 5 Toxicity Vinyl Chloride Monomer

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7429161
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Terre Haute (IN) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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. ; Bloom, Thomas F.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00028630
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246482
• 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 74-29-161, 1974 Nov ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e1a6195578ab4558dd9f47e37055823d2bd987d7d98e8d499f67b52a3140553b4456e3498b15e90a2d4004f88eccef3aacedc4d2e1d58b1bbd4449c43d57b722
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174110/cdc_174110_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.10 MB ]