Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 98-0030-2697: Pratt & Whitney TAPC, North Haven, Connecticut

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• Personal Author:
  Kiefer, Max ; Trout, Douglas B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On November 24, 1997, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health received a union request for a health hazard evaluation (HHE) at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft TAPC (P&W) facility in North Haven, Connecticut. The HHE request concerned reports of health problems possibly associated with exposure to metal working fluids (MWFs) in the Blohm grinding area. The reported health problems included flu-like symptoms, skin problems, and eye irritation. On March 31-April 2, 1998, 12 bulk samples of MWF were collected for microbiological and endotoxin analysis, and personal breathing zone (PZB) and area air sampling for MWFs was conducted on both the first and second shift in the Blohm grinding area. PBZ samples were also collected from employees in a comparison area (Business Unit 264), where MWFs are not used. Area air samples for endotoxin analysis were collected in both the Blohm grind and comparison area on both shifts. A questionnaire that included questions about symptoms potentially related to MWF exposure was administered to employees in the Blohm and comparison area on all three shifts.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Endotoxins Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Aircraft Engines And Engine Parts Coolants Cutting-oils Endotoxin Eye Irritation Flu-like Symptoms Hazards-Confirmed Machine-operation Metal Working Fluids Mycobacterium Chelonae OSHA Region 2 Skin Problems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9800302697
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  28 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Sylvain, David C. ; Weber, Angela M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000491
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-152217
• 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 98-0030-2697, 1998 Jun ; :1-26
• Editor(s):
  Lovell, Patricia
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3724 - Aircraft engines and engine parts - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:05be17bd0056d705c6e9f2e179dd47cc8321e396f8a01da128f256374b656349a6e766ec32f6a7cdae87f050a70f89012a6c4421f497e1af5d9072ca698976e4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171043/cdc_171043_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 239.81 KB ]