Industrial hygiene survey report, Champion International Paper Company, Canton, North Carolina.

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• Personal Author:
  Wolf F
• Description:
  A walk through survey was made at the Champion International Paper Company, Canton, North Carolina, to determine the feasibility of including this facility in the Sulfate and Sulfuric Acid Mist Project. There were about 2150 persons employed at the site. During the pulping operation wood chips were chemically treated with caustic-soda and sodium-sulfide for 2.5 hours under pressure. The pulp was held in blow pits following its removal from the digestors. Later the raw pulp was washed, screened, bleached and sent to the paper manufacturing operation. There were possible exposures to the following hazardous materials: sulfur-dioxide (7446095), chlorine (7782505), methyl-mercaptan (74931), thiosulfates, asbestos (1332214), and wood dust. The company offered the following protective equipment to the workers: clothing, glasses, and respirators. There were facilities for showering and changing clothes. Continuous improvements have been made over the years in ventilation and recovery systems. Housekeeping appeared to be good in the areas visited in the survey. The author concludes that exposures to sulfates and sulfuric-acid (7664939) mists are not sufficient to include this facility in the Project.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Asbestos Coal Coal Mining Dust Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide Uranium

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• Keywords:
  Acid-mists Dust-inhalation Field-Study IWS-62-12 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Paper-manufacturing-industry Paper-mills Pulp-industry Region-9 Sulfur-compounds

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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:
  1-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00179847
• 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, IWS 62-12, 1976 Apr; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Chlorine (CAS RN 7782-50-5) ; Methanethiol (CAS RN 74-93-1) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bcc5f699113ee653acbee4281e1127671c067d37707368a19a115d776e7bb5c7dc2eb5d51d810486fbe196a5284b165febd88afd71f47872374c3f529d4eb25f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180060/cdc_180060_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 358.90 KB ]