Walk-through survey, General Electric Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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• Personal Author:
  Jones, James H.
• Description:
  A walk-through survey was conducted at the General Electric Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, on July 3, 1974, to become familiar with polyvinyl-chloride (9002862) fabrication (SIC-3479) operations, to estimate vinyl-chloride (75014) exposure levels in such operations, and to estimate exposures to vinyl-chloride of a worker who had possibly died of angiosarcoma of the liver. Industrial hygiene, medical and safety programs, and processes are described. Vinyl- chloride environmental levels found in this plant were low. Breathing zone levels varied from none detected to 4.6ppm. The deceased employee probably had a low level intermittent exposure to vinyl-chloride during the period 1938-1963. Other potential health hazards observed during the survey include: respiratory exposure to talc (8030840) in rubber calendering areas, excessive noise exposure in dicing operations, and heat stress in the mixing area of the wire and cable products department. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Carcinogens Chlorine Compounds Electricity Liver Neoplasms Occupational Health Plastics Polymers Preceptorship Safety

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Publication; Field-Study; NIOSH-Survey; Region-1; Plastics; Liver-cancer; Carcinogens; Chlorinated-ethylenes; Polymers; Air-contamination; Electrical-industry
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00073691
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83104737
• 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 49-20, 1974 Nov; :1-22
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxy-, magnesium potassium salt (1:?:?) (CAS RN 8030-84-0) ; Poly(vinyl chloride) (CAS RN 9002-86-2) ; Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3479 - Metal coating and allied services - (SIC)
• 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/233437/cdc_233437_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]