Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 95-0153-2549: Fort Wayne Foundry Machining Division, Fort Wayne, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Reh, Beth D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from employees at the Fort Wayne Foundry Machine Division (SIC-3363), Fort Wayne, Indiana an investigation was begun into exposure to metal working fluid and to the biocide Grotan. Concerns expressed included skin irritation, runny nose, upper respiratory infections, shortness of breath, headaches, coughing, cuts that became easily infected, and cancer. The Division machined automotive aluminum castings. No nitrosamines were detected in bulk samples taken from the site. General air samples revealed oil mist concentrations of 0.27mg/m3 and 0.47mg/m3, which were well below any established occupational criteria. Formaldehyde (50000) concentrations were all less than 0.06 parts per million. Bacteria concentrations were in the range of 10(6) to 10(7) colony forming units/milliliter of metal working fluid. All bacteria identified were gram negative rods. The author concludes that sampling results did not suggest over exposure to formaldehyde, nitrosamines or oil mist. The workers were exposed to metal working fluid. Workers had poor hygiene practices and rarely used any personal protective equipment. The author recommends that the local exhaust ventilation be improved, and that dermal contact with the metalworking fluid and inhalation exposure should be reduced.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metal Workers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-monitoring Aluminum Die-castings Bacteria Coolants Formaldehyde Grotan Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-95-0153-2549 Kathon Machining Coolant Machinists Metal-working Fluid Metalworking-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitrosamines Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9501532549
• 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:
  27 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Miller, Michael
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00231097
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB96-209598
• 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 95-0153-2549, 1995 Dec ; :1-26
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3363 - Aluminum die-castings - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:79f75b66c0323359c64e9b33105c1a097c477c11d87f943ec56328e898777997c4c5a94dfc42b245154d9b15e4c71a7fc620c5ba5cbe3bee7bb57e28cbab2762
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171206/cdc_171206_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 252.64 KB ]