Survey for n-nitroso compounds at Prime Tannery, Berwick, Maine.

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• Personal Author:
  Reisch J ; Rounbehler DP
• Description:
  Area and process air samples and process water samples were collected by wet air traps and dry solid sorbent traps at the Prime Tannery in Berwick, Maine (SIC-3111). Samples were analyzed for the presence N-nitroso compounds and their precursors, nitrosatable amines and of nitrosating agents. Concentrations were below detectable units except for one sample containing 0.25 micrograms per cubic meter of N-nitrosomorpholine (59892) (NMOR) and another containing 0.05 micrograms per cubic meter of N-nitrosodimethylamine (62759) and 0.12 micrograms per cubic meter of NMOR. The N- nitrosamine concentrations were equivalent to 0.1 to 0.01 of those found in other tanneries. Higher air nitrosation capacity concentrations found in the tannery parking lot were attributed by the authors to truck traffic, and propane (74986) driven fork lifts in the splitting department may have contributed to higher concentrations of nitrous-oxide (10024972) in the air. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Region-1; Toxic-substances; Air-sampling; Air-monitoring; Exposure; Chemical-factory-workers; Tanning-materials; Industrial-chemicals; Leather; Tannery-workers; Field-Study
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Maine ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00091835
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83193201
• 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 72-34, 1979 May; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Nitrosomorpholine (CAS RN 59-89-2) ; Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2) ; N-Nitrosodimethylamine (CAS RN 62-75-9) ; Propane (CAS RN 74-98-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3111 - Leather tanning and finishing - (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/233553/cdc_233553_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]