Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 95-0405-2600: Spence’s Carstar, Denver, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  McCammon, Charles S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from Spence's Carstar (SIC-7531), Denver, Colorado, an investigation was begun into exposure of workers to solvents, total dusts, noise, carbon-monoxide (630080) and metals. The automobile repair work at this facility included frame straightening, axle repair/replacement, body filling, painting, and detailing. Paint spraying was conducted in a paint spray booth. Paints were mixed and stored on site. Personal breathing zone and area airborne concentrations of isocyanate monomer and oligomer, various solvents, total dust, carbon-monoxide, and noise levels were monitored. All but one of the monomer samples were below the limit of detection of 2 micrograms/sample. Air samples for solvents did not exceed the limits, nor did the mixture summation exceed any criteria. Area total dust samples ranged from 1.3 to 3mg/m3. All were below acceptable limits. The peak carbon-monoxide concentration was 173 parts per million (ppm), and the highest 15-minute average was 80ppm. The time weighted average noise level in the body repair area was 86 decibels-A (dBA). The maximum peak level was 132dBA. The author concludes that there was a potential health hazard from noise exposure and from exposure to peak carbon- monoxide concentrations during the cold weather months. Recommendations were made to reduce these exposures.
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Dust Ear Hazardous Substances Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Paint Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Sense Organs Solvents

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• Keywords:
  Automobile-repair-shops Automotive Body Shops Carbon Monoxide Hazard-Confirmed HETA-95-0405-2600 Isocyanates NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise Noise-exposure Occupational-exposure Organic-solvents OSHA Region 8 Respirators Solvents Spray-painting Total Dust Toxic-gases

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9504052600
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  26 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Menzies, Robb ; Sorensen, Bambi L. ; Lovell, Patricia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00236563
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-174296
• 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 95-0405-2600, 1996 Sep ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7531 - Top and Body Repair Shops - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ea72900e98d958db96fd906f336e224aee8648fff5722951cdf39943ca653a65611c135f46df92c324efa0587e6557db0240163c3d5b8219d8d1f136e6fcabc8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171144/cdc_171144_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 372.74 KB ]