Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 90-0277-2487: Johnson Controls, Greenfield, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burt, Susan E. ; Hanley, Kevin W. ; Mouradian, Robert F. ; Trout, Douglas B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the United Auto Workers, an investigation was begun into reports of halovision in workers exposed to amine catalysts at Johnson Controls (SIC-2531), Greenfield, Ohio. The facility produced foam seats for automobiles and light trucks. Workers had complained of experiencing halovision and other visual disturbances in areas near the foam crushers and during hot weather. Organic amines previously reported to be associated with halovision were qualitatively identified near the foam crushers and in the warehouse and packing area. At least 75% of the workers responding to a questionnaire had experienced halovision or other visual disturbances while working in this facility. These disturbances occurred more often during the summer. A trend of increasing visual effects with increasing exposure to amines was reported. The questionnaire distributed at the site revealed that in excess of 30% of the respondents reported experiencing respiratory symptoms often associated with isocyanate exposure. The authors conclude that it is likely that vision changes reported at this facility are related to workplace amine exposures. The authors recommend that efforts be made to reduce exposures to amine and isocyanates.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Asthma Asthma, Occupational Automobiles Eye Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sense Organs Toluene Vision Disorders

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• Keywords:
  Asthma Automotive-industry Bis(2-dimethylaminoethyl) Ether DABCO Diethanol Amine Diisocyanates Halovision Hazard-Confirmed HETA-90-0277-2487 NIAX A99 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Organic-vapors Organic Amines OSHA Region 5 Polyurethane Foam Respiratory-system-disorders Seats: Automobile TDI Triethylene Diamine Triethyl Urea Vision-disorders Visual Disturbance

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9002772487
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Hadwen, Glen
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00225890
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-220190
• 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 90-0277-2487, 1995 Feb ; :1-20
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2531 - Public building & related furniture - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:09ca180629554aa2a4d6c8adab57aa219cfe6e27f7312546347df7eff0282f91101b64166c7537afbd548deeb6e059acecc003600af9a67db19d9fefcf91e5fb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171287/cdc_171287_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 178.25 KB ]