Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 98-0050-2733: Meritor Automotive, Inc., Heath, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Decker, John A. ; Trout, Douglas B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In November 1997 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH) received a request for a health hazard evaluation (HHE) from representatives of Meritor Automotive, Inc., the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 1037, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1206. The request concerned potential health hazards related to exposure to metalworking fluids (MWF) among employees at the Meritor facility in Heath, Ohio. In response to this request, NIOSH investigators conducted a site visit on February 10-11, 1998. Interim letters, reporting results of the industrial hygiene survey, were distributed to the company and union representatives in March and July 1998.
• Subjects:
  Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic Fungi Irritants Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Bacteria Cutting-oils Health-hazard-evaluation HETA Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Machining Machinists Metalworking Metalworking-fluids Metalworking Fluids Motor Vehicle Parts And Accessories Mycobacterium Chelonae OSHA Region 5 Personal-protective-equipment Respiratory-irritants

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9800502733
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  20 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  McGraw, Patricia C. ; Weber, Angela M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000538
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-167686
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 98-0050-2733, 1999 Apr ; :1-20
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3714 - Motor vehicle parts and accessories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ea981ab446c27514ce8d5375216c22ecf6df6af431e0ad5a0471b485c757c33aaf1f18a25bde9a980d775aa4ecd77193c3deeb84a309564d80360ff27c6bcd54
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171004/cdc_171004_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 206.66 KB ]