Industrial hygiene report of mechanical cotton picker operator exposure to DEF at Schletz Brothers, 1675 14th Street, Firebaugh, California.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Cox, Clinton
• Description:
  Mechanical cotton picker operator exposures to s,s,s-tributyl phosphorotrithioate (78488) (DEF) were characterized by an industrial hygiene survey of the mechanical cotton picking operations conducted by Schletz Brothers, on the Davis Ranch (SIC- respiratory samples were collected using a 37 millimeter glass fiber filter and an impinger pump. Dermal samples were collected on 4 inch square gauze pads attached to the operators' clothing. All samples were analyzed by gas chromatography. Respiratory samples contained 15.0 to 232.5 nanograms per cubic meter DEF and the two dermal samples contained 0.32 and 1.02 milligrams DEF for an 8 hour period. Sampling was conducted after heavy rains, when the weather was overcast and humid. The author notes that no standards have been established for occupational exposure to DEF. Further sampling is recommended during more typical weather conditions conducive to greater exposure concentrations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Gossypium Health Surveys Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-9; Cotton-pickers; Health-survey; Agriculture; Sampling; Sampling-equipment; Occupational-health; Standards
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:00105819 ; nn:00102920
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81168445
• 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 80-15, 1980 Sep; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Tribufos (CAS RN 78-48-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233273/cdc_233273_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]