Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 97-0111-2647: Ingersoll-Rand Company, Von Duprin Division, Indianapolis, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Burton, Nancy C. ; Navarrete-Contreras, Ana
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a confidential employee request, a health hazard evaluation was conducted at Ingersoll-Rand Company, Von Duprin Division (SIC-3471), Indianapolis, Indiana. The request expressed concern over symptoms including sore throats, skin irritation, and sinus, upper respiratory, and eye irritation. Particular attention was drawn to the Kolene salt bath, used to remove paint. The Division produced hardware for doors. The survey focused on the plating/painting areas where 36 workers work on three shifts. Sodium-hydroxide (1310732) concentrations were all lower than the minimum quantifiable concentration of 0.080mg/m3. Air concentrations of hydrochloric-acid (7647010), nitric-acid (7697372), and sulfuric-acid (7664939) were all below acceptable levels. No detectable amounts of hydrofluoric-acid (7664393), phosphoric-acid (7664382), and hydrobromic-acid (10035106) were noted. Air concentrations of metals were low. Several workers smoked in different areas of the facility. The humidity in the particular department of concern was 17%. Six of ten workers interviewed reported a history of health problems which they felt were job related, including skin, eye, and upper respiratory tract irritation. The authors conclude that reported symptoms could be related to low levels of air contaminants, tobacco smoke, or low relative humidity.
• Subjects:
  Acids Electroplating Eye Foreign Bodies Irritants Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin Smokers Sodium Hydroxide Sulfuric Acids Tobacco Products

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• Keywords:
  Acid-mists Cigarette-smoking Electroplaters Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, And Coloring Environmental Tobacco Smoke ETS Eye-irritants Eye Irritation Hazard-Confirmed HETA-97-0111-2647 Hydrochloric Acid Kolene Salt Bath Metals NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitric Acid OSHA Region 5 Respiratory-irritants Respiratory Irritation Skin-irritants Skin Irritation Sodium Hydroxide Sulfuric Acid

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9701112647
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; 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:
  Cook, Calvin K. ; Herrera-Moreno, Veronica ; Nelson, Juanita
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00241056
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB98-137615
• 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 97-0111-2647, 1997 Aug ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Hydrochloric acid, anhydrous (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Concentrated Nitric acid (70%) (CAS RN 7697-37-2) ; Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9) ; Hydrofluoric acid, anhydrous (CAS RN 7664-39-3) ; Phosphoric acid (CAS RN 7664-38-2) ; Hydrobromic acid (CAS RN 10035-10-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3471 - Plating and polishing - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8df783a14fa3553106b3be035bf3240532810b753576ae619d718febfc9fe5bfcdcb4da4d56a4fcf39306376b4789aa12148e3b51e6548f31b266a733d3605bb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171088/cdc_171088_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 271.23 KB ]