Walk-through survey report of Arrow Shirt Company, Atlanta, Georgia.

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• Personal Author:
  Elliott L
• Description:
  Worker exposures to formaldehyde (50000) were determined at the Arrow Shirt Company (SIC-2321) in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 14 and 15, 1980. The company was under consideration for inclusion in a NIOSH study of formaldehyde carcinogenicity. There were approximately 1,000 workers at the facility, of which 916 were production workers. The company had a formal safety program but did not provide a formal industrial hygiene program. The company employed a licensed nurse for first aid and emergency treatment. Personnel records provided demographic information, department assignments, and absence reports. Breathing zone charcoal tube samples contained 0.74 to 2.52 parts per million (ppm) of formaldehyde. Samples taken with an impinger ranged from 0.94 to 2.07ppm. The OSHA standard for formaldehyde is 3ppm for an 8 hour time weighted average. The author concludes that the workers in this facility would probably be suitable for inclusion in the NIOSH carcinogenicity study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-4; Health-surveys; Workplace-studies; Air-contamination; Health-services; Industrial-processes; Control-methods; Occupational-health-programs
• 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:
  1-17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00109222
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-245151
• 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 125-12, 1980 Nov; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2321 - Men's and boys' shirts - (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/248674/cdc_248674_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]