Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 97–0217–2667: Design Evolution 4, Inc., Lebanon, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burton, Nancy C. ; Lopez, Ali ; Malkin, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In May 1997, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a health hazard evaluation (HHE) request from the management at Design Evolution 4, Inc., in Lebanon, Ohio. The request described concern for workers
  
  exposures and symptoms, including dizziness and sleepiness, that workers believed were related to a hot melt adhesive process used in the production of residential doors since March 1997. In response to this request, an initial site visit was conducted on June 23, 1997, and a second site visit was conducted on August 21, 1997. Confidential medical interviews were conducted during the first survey with six employees in the door assembly area. Thermal desorption tubes were used to characterize the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in the door assembly area. A bulk sample of the hot melt adhesive was also analyzed for VOCs. Personal breathing zone (PBZ) and area air samples were collected for acetone, methylene bisphenyl diisocyante (MDI), methylene bisphenyl diisocyante (MDI), methylene chloride, toluene, styrene, and methyl methacrylate.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acetone Adhesives Environmental Monitoring Isocyanates Nervous System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Polymethyl Methacrylate Safety Styrene Toluene

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• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Dizziness Door Manufacturing Evaluation-criteria Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-hazard-evaluation Hot Adhesive MDI Methods Methyl-metharcrylate Methylene-bisphenyl-diisocyante Methylene-chloride Methylene Bisphenyl Diisocyante Methylene Chloride Methyl Methacrylate Millwork Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Site-visits Sleepiness Ventilation Volatile-organic-compounds

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9702172667
• 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:
  27 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  McCleery, Robert E. ; Nelson, Juanita
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000017
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-151698
• 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 97-0217-2667, 1997 Dec ; :1-30
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; Methyl methacrylate monomer, inhibited (CAS RN 80-62-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2431 - Millwork - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b592a7b35556f6bcc98412a2ed07b9d07be3c2c1ce550c326cd63a687780e9176ea9a9ddf6e33fc89d5f960efa4c9acc241c6d64996297396dc80c00c3e9536c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171065/cdc_171065_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.15 MB ]