National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Cooperative Agreement, Award No. 1 U01-OH-01249-01, Final Report

Details

• Personal Author:
  Rom, William N.
• Description:
  A walk through survey and a followup on/site environmental and medical evaluation of potentially exposed workers were carried out at Hill Air Force Base (SIC-9711), Ogden, Utah. Followup on/site environmental and medical evaluations of potentially exposed workers were conducted at Koldaire, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah. Past medical records at Hill Air Force Base and historical worker exposure information were deemed adequate to reconstruct probable exposures to hazardous materials during the performance of various work assignments at the base and to permit a morbidity study to be conducted. Research at the base was investigated. Major chemicals used at the base were listed. Human health effects and toxicology of organic solvents and chemicals were reviewed. Studies at Koldaire, Inc., located in Salt Lake City, Utah, were prompted by a former employee who developed progressive neurologic illness which he attributed to exposures he encountered as a refrigeration serviceman. Possible exposures in this area of work include fluorocarbons, phosgene (75445), hydrogen-chloride (7647010), hydrogen-fluoride (7664393), welding fumes and cadmium (7440439). The investigation indicated his peripheral nerve disease was probably not related to hazardous exposures during his work. It was recommended that respirators be worn by refrigeration repairmen, that medical surveillance be performed yearly, and that eye protection be worn during welding and soldering operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Morbidity Nervous System Occupational Health Radiation Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Solvents Welding
• Keywords:
  Cleaning-compounds Military-personnel Morbidity-rates Neuropathology NIOSH-Grant Organic-solvents Pulmonary-system-disorders Radiation-exposure Solvent-vapor-degreasing Welders
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-177
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00179842
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-221502
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1982 Dec; :1-177
• Contact Point Address:
  Family and Community Medicine University of Utah Rocky Mountain Ctr Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Hydrochloric acid (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Hydrofluoric acid (CAS RN 7664-39-3) ; Phosgene (CAS RN 75-44-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9711 - National security - (SIC)
• Start Date:
  19810929
• Source Full Name:
  Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah, NIOSH Cooperative Agreement U01-OH-01249, 177 pages, 119 references
• End Date:
  19821231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bc912ad0291ddda75c0894aaac713670c43604e4f2b6ea3d35f5b87c6fcb5be7d30be09d491cff3a364606143e38ee55db1dfac0119719768a48d0e9c79d2b39
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217724/cdc_217724_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 6.15 MB ]