Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 94-0179-2516: Diamet Corporation, Columbus, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Kinnes, Gregory M. ; Lushniak, Boris D. ; Martinez, Kenneth F.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from employees of DIAMET Corporation (SIC- 3714), Columbus, Indiana, an investigation was begun into reported dermatitis and respiratory symptoms which were thought to be associated with the application of a rust preventive oil to finished metal parts. DIAMET manufactured sintered, metal machinery components using a powder metallurgy process. At the time of manual inspection, the parts were treated with the rust preventative oil just prior to packaging. Approximately 24 material handlers and packers were involved with applying the rust preventive oil during a work week. At the time of the study the oil was applied using either an automatic spray table or a manual spray bottle. The oil mist concentrations for the personal breathing zone samples ranged from below the minimum detectable to 0.29mg/m3. The concentrations for the area samples from the spray applications ranged from 0.21 to 5.4 mg/m3. The time weighted average concentrations for all the personal breathing zone and area samples were below the NIOSH recommend exposure limits of 5 and 350mg/m3, for oil mist and naphthas, respectively. The authors conclude that there was a potential for exposures to rust preventative oil during manual spraying. Design deficiencies were cited in the automatic spray tables which, when modified, will improve their effectiveness.
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Assembly-line-workers Coatings Dermatitis Engineering Controls Hazard-Confirmed HETA-94-0179-2516 Motor Vehicle Parts And Accessories NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Oil-mists Oil Mist OSHA Region 5 Personal Protective Equipment Petroleum Distillates Petroleum Naphtha Respiratory-system-disorders Respiratory Irritation Rust-preventative Skin-exposure Skin-irritants

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9401792516
• 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:
  23 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00229495
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB96-115514
• 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 94-0179-2516, 1995 Jul ; :1-26
• Editor(s):
  Marlow, Kate L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3714 - Motor vehicle parts and accessories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:901d22e0e3b494749cd3ca0ff345fbccd5fd538474196c61568992ff748e864823aeb0483762fc36efe1235bd284743aaeccd7a5e6cf1402598ae236a5dc4969
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171254/cdc_171254_DS1.pdf
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