Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-0377-2383: Geneva Rubber Company; Geneva, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Cook, Calvin K. ; Parker, Michael G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the employees at the Geneva Rubber Company (SIC-3567), Geneva, Ohio, an evaluation was conducted of worker exposures to rubber fumes in the injection press area. The Company manufactured molded rubber parts for appliances used in marine, electrical, and automotive products. On each shift, 12 workers were assigned in the injection press area that included nine automatic steam heated injection presses. Several types of primer paints and paint thinners were used in the paint room adjacent to the injection press area. Low concentrations of tetrachloroethylene (127184), toluene (108883), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556) and xylene (1330207) were detected in the personal breathing zone samples for workers in the injection press area. In the degreaser area and paint room, tetrachloroethylene (127184), methyl-isobutyl-ketone (108101), methylene-chloride (75092), xylene, and methyl-ethyl- ketone (78933) were detected. Three workers in the paint room had a combined exposure to a solvent mixture which exceeded acceptable limits. Real time exposures to respirable dust were 0.016 and 0.017mg/m3. Workers experienced irritation of the mucous membranes, cough, shortness of breath, sinus congestion, and sinus congestion with drainage. The authors conclude that no specific substance or substances could be identified which clearly accounted for symptoms reported by workers. Paint room workers were overexposed to a mixture of solvents. The authors recommend that improvements be made in the ventilation systems, proper personal protective equipment be provided, and exposures to rubber chemicals be further evaluated.
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Rubber Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Amines Carbon Disulfide Degreasing Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-91-0377-2383 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Organic-solvents Organic Solvents OSHA Region 5 Rubber-manufacturing-industry Rubber-workers Rubber Curing Rubber Curing Oven Spray Painting Tetrachloroethylene Volatile Organic Compounds Volatiles Vulcanization

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9103772383
• 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:
  26 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Hadwen, Glen
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00220828
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-207321
• 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 91-0377-2383, 1994 Jan ; :1-23
• CAS Registry Number:
  Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Methyl isobutyl ketone (CAS RN 108-10-1) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3)
• Editor(s):
  Pfirman, Donna M.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3567 - Industrial furnaces and ovens - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9271882db0f0ec47ab8ba68418e2b20fc0ec9f0cb26c2acf18f13ee4d2cc2e4e32b11464400051a475bcdd10f4a9976b914444842c8215758b9c01407b632486
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171367/cdc_171367_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.91 MB ]