Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-0001-2436: General Electric Corporation; Evendale, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Kiken, Stuart
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from United Auto Workers Local 647, an investigation of possible hazardous working conditions was begun at the General Electric Corporation (SIC-3724) located in Evendale, Ohio. Concern was expressed over two operations: the removal of Viton and the grinding, milling, and cutting of PMR-15 during the production of aircraft engine parts. No residual 4,4'- methylenedianiline (101779) (MDA) was detected from an analysis of a bulk sample of graphite composite particulate. Seven personal breathing zone and general area air samples were analyzed and shown to contain no airborne fibers. Concentrations of total and/or respirable particulate in the Development Manufacturing Operations (DMO) area were very low, ranging from 0.01 to 0.06mg/m3 for respirable particulate and from 0.07 to 0.17mg/m3 for total particulate. Most employees reported to have skin problems in the DMO area had histories consistent with possible work-related skin disorders with pruritis and redness of the skin. In one case the children of a worker also had experienced rashes. Although some workers found that wearing gloves, sleeves, and paper overalls decreased the frequency of the skin disorders, other workers considered them to be a safety hazard. The authors conclude that a potential hazard existed to the exposed, unprotected skin from graphite composite particulate. The authors recommend that changes be made in the type of protective clothing used. Local exhaust ventilation should be used when machining composite components without cutting fluids.
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Dermatitis Dust Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  4,4'-methylenedianiline Aircraft-parts-and-auxiliary-equipment Aircraft Engines And Engine Parts Composite Dermatitis Dust-exposure Graphite Hazard-Confirmed HETA-89-0001-2436 MDA NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 PMR-15 Protective-clothing 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/NIOSHHETA8900012436
• 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:
  20 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00221742
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-128997
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: 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 89-0001-2436, 1994 Jul ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  4,4'-Methylenedianiline (CAS RN 101-77-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3724 - Aircraft engines and engine parts - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:711a685287a4e9aa845b1ac56e0bb5dd9ecedaf559d620e13b69a9832845aab8b1def909e721cf2fdd1eecda1f6370b0af15c0f19df112bb3f2090636039c1ff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171348/cdc_171348_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 189.44 KB ]