Industrywide Studies Report: A Walk-Through Survey of Bristol-Myers Company, Industrial Division, Syracuse, New York

摘要

A walk-through survey was conducted at the Bristol-Myers Company (SIC-2834) located in Syracuse, New York to investigate the feasibility of including this facility in the NIOSH mortality study of ethylene-oxide (75218) (EtO) hazards in the workplace. At this facility pharmaceuticals were manufactured along with emergency medical kits. Departments covered are: Biological Emergency Medical System; Microbiological Control Department; Pharmaceutical Bulk Department; Product Development Department; Sterile Filling Department; Molloy Road Warehouse; Fermentation Development Laboratory; Plant Process Analysis Laboratory. This facility failed to meet the requirements for inclusion in the larger study, based on the presence of potential leukemogens such as benzene and antineoplastic compounds in several departments and the inadequacy of the personnel records to identify workers potentially exposed to EtO in the other departments.