Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Report No. TA-77-66: Platte Chemical Company: Fremont, Nebraska

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Hervin, Raymond L. ; Daum, Susan ; Moses, Marion
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Platte Chemical Company, Fremont, Nebraska, an evaluation was made of possible hazardous working conditions at the site. At the time of the survey the company employed about ten persons. There was one large production line which processed several tons of granular product or pesticide per day. Four or five workers were employed in the production of a liquid product identified as a seed protectant and nutrient mixture. Employees in the granular facility were exposed to concentrations of S-(((1,1-dimethylethyl)thio)methyl)-O,O-diethyl- phosphorodithioate in excess of the environmental criteria. Heptachlor (76448) exposures in the seed protectant area were also in excess of environmental criteria. Employees were exposed to excessive levels of aliphatic solvents, benzene (71432), captan (133062), diazinon (333415), and organophosphates. There was a potential exposure to free silica (7631869) in the granular facility. A significant number of workers reported acute symptoms probably due to excessive pesticide and dust exposures. The authors recommend that immediate action be taken to lower potential exposures by providing improved engineering controls and practices at this site. More frequent cleanup of the screening pit and other areas should be implemented until improved engineering controls can be tried. Strict contamination and decontamination control procedures, a program of employee and management education, a respiratory protection program, improvements in personal protective equipment use and care, improved medical and training practices, and discontinuance of the use of solvents containing benzene are also recommended. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Insecticides Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Organophosphates Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Region-7; TA-77-66; Hazards-Confirmed; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; Chemical-manufacturing-industry; Pesticides; Agricultural-chemicals; Organo-phosphorus-compounds; Organo-phosphorus-pesticides
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 77-66, 1978 Jul; :1-42
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Technical Assistance Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  46 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00184450
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-152920
• 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, TA 77-66, 1978 Jul; :1-42
• CAS Registry Number:
  Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Captan (CAS RN 133-06-2) ; Diazinon (CAS RN 333-41-5) ; Heptachlor (CAS RN 76-44-8) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61c4172ee7ee5f60be7a706426f3db4a398c61c661c38f696da2f6a347299082de49e513968cc666d3bb5a8f0f6b9455255650c6f62be5357f6cb569f3544419
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171864/cdc_171864_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.44 MB ]