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Pastides H, Austin R, Lemeshow S, et al. 1991. An epidemiologic study of Occidental Chemical Corporation s Castle Hayne chromate production facility. Occupational Epidemiology Unit, University of Massachusetts School of Public Health. 

Although workers in facilities manufacturing diisopropyl methylphosphonate may have been exposed to the chemical during the active years of production, no occupational monitoring studies for diisopropyl methylphosphonate were located. 

TCDD-contaminated stable arenas at least one time per week), or occupational (working either in a hexachlorophene production facility or at truck terminals where the grounds had been sprayed with... 

The occupational studies evaluated the thyroid function of workers in perchlorate production facilities. 

Hexavalent chromium compounds are classified as substances known to be carcinogenic to humans. This is based upon sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in humans exposed in chrome production facilities, chromium-alloy facilities, in the chrome plating industry as well as in chrome pigment industries. This exposure results in an increased incidence of lung cancer among these workers. The incidence of cancers at other sites may be increased in these occupational workers There is not sufficient evidence to show that barium chromate, calcium chromate, chromium trioxide, lead chromate, sodium dichromate and strontium chromate are carcinogenic in humans. 

Many case studies have shown that exposure to piperazine results in allergic contact dermatitis and occupational asthma. A recent study of 93 patients exposed dermally to a 1% piperazine solution showed 3.2% positive reactions. At a piperazine production facility, 10% of the current and former factory workers were diagnosed with occupational asthma. 

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Congress and the Department of the Interior should create an independent agency within the Department of the Interior with enforcement authority to oversee all aspects of offshore drilling safety (operational and occupational), as well as the structural and operational integrity of all offshore energy production facilities, including both oil and gas production and renewable energy production. 

Thank you for your March 9, 2006, letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration s (OSHA) Directorate of Enforcement Programs. You stated that you represent a company in the baking industry with production facilities in different states and have questions regarding Federal OSHA s Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout or LOTOjand Bakery equipment standards, 29 CFR 1910.147 and 1910.263, respectively. Your scenarios, paraphrased questions and our replies follow. 

Workers at plutonium reprocessing facilities, nuclear reactors, transuranium and low level waste storage facilities, or those engaged in the production or processing of243Am or241 Am may be occupationally exposed to americium. In addition, workers at sites where nuclear testing was conducted may also be exposed to americium. Workers in nuclear power stations may be exposed to airborne radionuclides. The... 

Workers in industrial facilities manufacturing or using hexachloroethane as an intermediate in the manufacture of other products may be exposed to the chemical by inhalation or dermal absorption. In addition, military or civilian personnel working with smoke or pyrotechnic devices may be exposed. Based on information collected for the National Occupational Exposure Survey, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) estimates that 8,515 workers were potentially exposed to hexachloroethane (NOES 1991). 

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