Walk-through survey report at Bona Allen, Inc., Buford, Georgia.

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• Personal Author:
  Smith B ; Wallingford, Kenneth M.
• Description:
  A visit was made to Bona Allen, Inc. (SIC-3111) near Buford, Georgia to conduct an initial survey of a vegetable tannery. The facility started operation in 1873 and was family owned and operated until 1968. The company employs 130 workers. The company processed native steer hides, and a few cow hides. Hides were preserved by brine curing before arriving at the tannery. The firm manufactures predominately two types of finished leather, strap and skirting leather, both of which are vegetable tanned. The potential existed for worker exposure to a number of chemical substances and physical agents in the working environment. A few compounds with distinctive odors such as ammonia (7664417), hydrogen-sulfide (7783064), and acids were present on the day of the survey. Direct skin contact was minimized by the use of protective clothing. Inhalation of dusts was minimized by the use of NIOSH approved respirators. Worker exposure to excessive heat was minimized by not requiring any workers to be in the drying area on a full time basis. The authors recommend that measurements of potential exposures should be made to determine the efficiency of the current control techniques in use. The source of the hydrogen-sulfide odor should be determined, and efforts should be made to control it due to the disaster potential of hydrogen-sulfide. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-4; Tanning-industry; Personal-protective-equipment; Occupational-exposure; Toxic-gases
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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:00195578
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91132639
• 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 132-10, 1981 Oct; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• 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/233593/cdc_233593_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]