Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-80-130: Owens-Illinois Glass Company: Hapeville, Georgia

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• Personal Author:
  Lucas, James B. ; Markel, Harry L. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical evaluations in the forming and selecting departments of a glass plant reveal concentrations of hydrogen- chloride (7647010), sulfur-dioxide (7446095), and tin-tetrachloride (7646788) are not toxic. Sulfur-dioxide is found to cause temporary eye irritation in several employees, and airborne powdered glass dust causes dermatitis. Recommendations are made for the substitution of graphite (7782425) compounds for sulfur (7704349) as a mold lubricant and temperature stabilizer, use of a water wash to prevent glass powder from becoming airborne, improved maintenance of ventilation systems, and use of hearing protective equipment in noisy areas. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ceramics Dust Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Eye Diseases Eye Foreign Bodies Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases Sulfur Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Air-sampling Dust-control Environmental-contaminants Eye-disorders Eye-irritants Hazards-Confirmed HHE-72-80-130 Hydrogen Chloride NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 4 Skin-disorders Sulfur Dioxide Tin Tetrachloride Toxicity

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7280130
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Hapeville (GA) ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Markel, Harry L. Jr. ; Flesch, Jerome P. ; Hendricks, Russell H.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00028618
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-276846
• 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 72-80-130, 1974 Apr ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Tin tetrachloride (CAS RN 7646-78-8) ; Graphite (natural) (CAS RN 7782-42-5) ; Sulfur (CAS RN 7704-34-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c1be591fa4be8ed096e473fcf0e7281bbc62904b4147ca372a7cc0004b5abd4fe96ae338f57b74894bb5a04281ab7d80e6b660bddc489836ca24530cb2d1874d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174118/cdc_174118_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.99 MB ]