Industrywide studies report of walk-through survey, Micro-Biotrol, Chicago, Illinois.

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• Personal Author:
  Greife, Alice L. ; Morawetz J ; Ringenburg V ; Stayner L
• Description:
  A walk through survey of Micro/Biotrol, Incorporated (SIC-2099), Chicago, Illinois, was conducted in August, 1984. The purpose of the survey was to determine the feasibility of including the facility in a NIOSH industrywide mortality/industrial hygiene study of ethylene-oxide (75218). The company was a contract treatment facility that treated approximately 90 percent of the incoming merchandise, primarily spices and spice blends, with 100 percent ethylene-oxide or a 12/88 mixture of ethylene-oxide and freon. Propylene-oxide was used on the remaining 10 percent. Approximately 290 workers with potential ethylene-oxide exposure were identified. These could contribute approximately 3,748 person/years to the NIOSH study. The company provided all employees with preemployment physicals at a nearby clinic. No followup physicals were offered. All employees were required to use hard hats and safety shoes. Safety glasses were required on an as/needed basis. Some industrial hygiene monitoring for ethylene-oxide was conducted by the company or a consulting firm. Highest exposures occurred among the vessel operators, ranging from 1 to 24 parts per million (ppm). The authors note that the ethylene-oxide exposures would exceed the new OSHA standard of 1ppm. They recommend including the facility in the NIOSH study.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Education Eye Lighting Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Sense Organs / Injuries Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-monitoring Exposure-levels Field-study Food-processing-industry Humans NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Quantitative-analysis Region-5 Work-analysis Work-environment

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Ohio ; 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:
  1-19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00152295
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 67-28, 1985 Jul; :1-19
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2099 - Food preparations, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:47245e486b24cdac8fba809a0b2a606f0713418c15e8c3003e388c33e19c4d3646987be86cc77e3bcbc106162e2142db5e4f2639ef6a44ca284fe54dac68464a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179761/cdc_179761_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.72 MB ]