Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 82-311-1250: Uniroyal, Inc., Opelika, Alabama

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• Personal Author:
  Hickey, John L. S. ; Williams, Ted M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from Local Union Number 753, an investigation was begun into possible hazardous working conditions at the Uniroyal Facility (SIC-3011), Opelika, Alabama. As part of the production of tires at the site, rubber treads were transported to the tire builder on tread trucks containing leaves. Employees performing the removal of rubber residue from tread leaves complained of headaches, sore throats and burns on their hands and arms which they felt resulted from chemical exposures. Klean-Strip was the solvent used for residue removal from the tread leaf. The chemical contained approximately 75% methylene-chloride (75092), 10% propylene-dichloride (78875), 5% methanol (67561), and 1% ammonia (7664417), plus a thickening agent, a vaporization retardant, and a surfactant. Area air samples taken 10 to 12 feet from the operation ranged between 9 and 40 parts per million for methylene-chloride vapors. The author concludes that no vapor exposures were found which exceeded regulatory or recommended limits, but several conditions were noted that were conducive to potential health hazards. The author recommends that protective clothing and a solvent vapor cartridge be used by workers during the cleaning operation, and an attempt be made to find alternative leaf cleaning methods which will further reduce the potential for exposure.
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Methanol Methylene Chloride Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Tract Diseases Rubber Safety Skin Solvents
• Keywords:
  Ammonia Cleaning-compounds Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-82-311-1250 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Cooperative-Agreement NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-solvents OSHA Region 4 Personal-protective-equipment Propylene Dichloride Respiratory Symptoms Rubber-manufacturing-industry Solvent-vapors

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA823111250
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Bishop, Carolyn C.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00236844
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-173038
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA-82-311-1250, 1983 Jan ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; 1,2-Dichloropropane (CAS RN 78-87-5) ; Methanol (CAS RN 67-56-1) ; Ammonia (anhydrous) (CAS RN 7664-41-7)
• Editor(s):
  Hooker, Pamela
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3011 - Tires and inner tubes - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f9840e1bf35288e1a889694d844c62329afc319116ccc572d516c15e15cd9732e70c784fe0cc4a21c27c8ae2c8253615fcd9fa9f16a715b7dc3b4aab1d3e7604
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171136/cdc_171136_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.48 MB ]