Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-7-270,Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,St. Marys,Ohio,

摘要

A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH in July, 1974,and March, 1975,at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in St. Marys,Ohio,acting on a request received from an authorized employee representative regarding potential exposures involving about 200affected employees to a variety of substances. Environmental evaluation revealed that while carbon monoxide generated by forklift trucks does not present a significant hazard to employees working near transportation aisles,when operated in confined spaces the trucks can generate potentially dangerous concentrations of the gas. Air sampling,employee interviews,evaluation of material toxicity,work practices and engineering controls,indicate that employees in the Richardson System and Banbury department are potentially at risk of the development of acute and chronic adverse health effects due to exposure to airborne particulate materials,many of which are manually handled. Symptomatology in this area appears compatible with exposure to significant quantities of airborne particulates (sinus and nasal symptoms,and phlegm conditions).