Walk through survey of the Glastic Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio.

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• Personal Author:
  Meinhardt TJ ; Young RJ
• Description:
  As part of a larger study on the hazards associated with exposure to styrene (100425), a survey was conducted at Glastic Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio to familiarize the investigators with reinforced plastic processes and ascertain the feasibility of conducting a retrospective cohort mortality study. The company manufactured glass reinforced polyester plastics used primarily for electrical insulation materials, and a polyester premix material for their own use and sale. The facility used three processes: laminant molding, contour molding, and pultrusion. All of the personal records have been maintained since the start of the company. Currently about 183 hourly employees were located at the site. Employment history and date of personnel actions were all available in the personnel records. The major difficulty with this worker population for an epidemiologic study was its extremely high turnover rate. In a brief sampling it appeared that 90 percent of the employees worked less than 6 months at the site. Many were employed only a few days, quitting with complaints of severe dermatitis and respiratory irritation. The authors recommend that visits to other facilities be made to be certain they had an adequate picture of the styrene industry.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Firefighters Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Contact-dermatitis Epidemiology Field-Study NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Pulmonary-system-disorders Region-5 Risk-analysis Skin-exposure Styrene-resins
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  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:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00190667
• 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 078-10, 1977 Nov; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cf3316026442cfc10ff0b36958b95973837d3d6f9ab5a355c3d0b0aa339c753617173cc26b71dc5746d5414a8264e81eecc2e2f13aa247b312d05316639e77f3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180258/cdc_180258_DS1.pdf
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