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Industrywide studies report: a walk-through survey of McCormick and Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland.

Authors
Morawetz JS; Steenland K
Source
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 67-38, 1985 Oct; :1-33
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
00163136
Abstract
A walk-through survey was conducted at three facilities of McCormick and Co. (SIC-2099), Baltimore, Maryland, to determine the suitability of this company for inclusion in an industrywide mortality and industrial hygiene study of workers potentially exposed to ethylene-oxide (75218) (EtO) in industrial sterilization processes. Ethylene-oxide has been used since 1938 to sterilize spices. Industrial hygiene records, production processes, and personnel records were evaluated. The facilities meet the requirements of being able to contribute at least 400 person years of data to the study, having adequate personnel records to identify past and present workers exposed to EtO, and do not have any serious confounding exposure to a known leukemogen, even though some of the workers were exposed during the 1940s and 1950s to a number of toxic chemicals. Methyl-bromide (74839) has been used as a fumigant in this plant and may have at times been present in low levels in the air. A possible connection between this compound and carcinoma induced experimentally in rats is noted, but the compound is not known to be a leukemogen.
Keywords
NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-3; Oxides; Food-processing-industry; Ethylenes; Fumigants;
CAS No.
75-21-8; 74-83-9
Publication Date
19851007
Document Type
Field Studies; Industry Wide
Fiscal Year
1986
NTIS Accession No.
PB86-221751
NTIS Price
A04
Identifying No.
IWS-67-38
NIOSH Division
DSHEFS
SIC Code
2099
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
State
MD; OH
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