Summary status report of an investigation of an incident of toxic polyneuropathy at the Borden Chemical Company's Columbus Coated Fabrics Division, Columbus, Ohio.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Craft BF
• Description:
  NIOSH investigations into the incidence of toxic polyneuropathy among workers at the Borden Chemical Company's Columbus Coated Fabrics Division (SIC-2295) in Columbus, Ohio are described. Findings of an investigation by the Ohio Department of Public Health are reviewed. Medical, epidemiological, environmental, engineering, laboratory and toxicological studies conducted by NIOSH are reviewed along with related investigations of similar cases among workers at other companies. The authors suggest that the polyneuropathy at Borden Chemical Company may be related to exposures to methyl-butyl- ketone (591786) and methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-5; Health-surveys; Organic-solvents; Worker-health; Nervous-system-disorders
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  1-56
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00113374
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1973 Nov; :1-56
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Hexanone (CAS RN 591-78-6) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2295 - Coated fabrics, not rubberized - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio, 56 pages
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241269/cdc_241269_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]