Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-93-0806-2412: Philips Display Components Company; Ottawa, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Driscoll, Richard J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from management at the Philips Display Components Company (SIC-3671), Ottawa, Ohio, an investigation was begun into possible hazardous working conditions at that site. Sore throats, laryngitis and hoarseness had been reported by several workers in the Aluminizing Department. The company employed about 1,800 persons over three shifts to manufacture cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
  
  about 100 employees worked in the Aluminizing Department. During the manufacturing process, a thin layer of aluminum was coated to the interior of the glass CRT tube. Commonly reported symptoms among the workers included dry throat, hoarseness, frequent headaches, eye irritation, nasal congestion, and severe fatigue. Personal breathing zone and area air sampling did not reveal harmful levels of any substances. A time weighted average concentration of 0.13 parts per million (ppm) of hydrochloric acid (7647010) was measured. The authors conclude that a health hazard did not exist at the time of the survey. The hydrochloric-acid concentration may cause irritative symptoms in some sensitive persons. The authors recommend that additional sampling be conducted to identify the source of this potential irritant.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Aluminum Assembly-line-workers Bectron Tubes Electronics Electronics-industry Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-93-0806-2412 Humidity Hydrochloric Acid IAQ IEO NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Respiratory-system-disorders Television Tubes Temperature Tungsten

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9308062412
• 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:
  23 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  McFarland, Susan L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00220121
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-193703
• 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 93-0806-2412, 1994 Apr ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3671 - Electron tubes - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:161621ea0630f8e57d2c072a0ea1c6edcbecc801e983016429c737d8f61e17f45aa7532a87b0e5a88e1fa91121b2ba136de4990cc341b766882f6e9800967ac3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171376/cdc_171376_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.64 MB ]