Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-026-2257: Dana Perfume Corporation; Mountaintop, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Abrams, Lori ; Boudreau, Yvonne A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from management and Local 8-782 of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, an investigation was begun regarding nausea, tongue numbness, throat irritation and headaches occurring among employees in the Spray Room at the Dana Perfume Corporation (SIC-2844), Mountaintop, Pennsylvania. On average, 26,000 bottles were filled and packaged in one day at the facility. Personal breathing zone and area air samples revealed detectable, but relatively low, concentrations of volatile organic compounds including ethanol (64175). Concentrations were also detectable, but barely, of beta-pinene (127913), p-cymene (25155151), limonene (138863), and benzyl-acetate (140114). No detectable levels of aldehydes were found in the area air sample in the spray room. The authors conclude that, although overexposures to perfume constituents were not found in this study, exposure to low concentrations could cause some of the symptoms reported. The most likely sources of the exposures which were observed were the actuator placement area and the filling machine area. The authors recommend that steps be taken to reduce the exposure levels in the spray room.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Aldehydes Cosmetics Dust Formaldehyde Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Cosmetics-industry Cosmetics-workers Ethanol Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-91-026-2257 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Organic-vapors OSHA Region 3 Perfume Perfumes, Cosmetics, And Other Toilet Preparations Volatile Organic Chemicals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA910262257
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  Seitz, Teresa A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00218686
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-165123
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 91-026-2257, 1992 Sep ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethanol (CAS RN 64-17-5) ; beta-pinene (CAS RN 127-91-3) ; Cymene (CAS RN 25155-15-1) ; Limonene (CAS RN 138-86-3) ; Benzyl acetate (CAS RN 140-11-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2844 - Toilet preparations - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1fd81612d7bcf97c760f2d8b47110a3128d4740fe8ffd686017989f2d884c2804cc4391d67681e03fb76a8a88579ca7cede830f4fd8aa2eb4616c7c3c55cc96
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171409/cdc_171409_DS1.pdf
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