Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-92-314-2308: Ohio University; Athens, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Kelly, John E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Health and Safety department at the Ohio University located in Athens, Ohio, an investigation was undertaken of solvent exposures during the removal of asbestos (1332214) containing tile mastic. A contractor (SIC-1799) was employed to remove asbestos containing materials from a five-story structure built in 1959, including 52,000 square feet of floor tile. Organic solvents were used to remove the mastic which bound the tile to the floor. Personal breathing zone and area air samples were collected. Exposures ranged from 8 to 107mg/m3 for ethylene- glycol-monobutyl-ether (111762) (EGBE) and from 42 to 410mg/m3 for refined petroleum solvent. The author concludes that workers were potentially overexposed to EGBE and refined petroleum solvent. Monitoring for organic vapors should be conducted during the removal of the mastic. The author recommends that work practices be changed, and improvements be made in the use of personal protective equipment.
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  2-butoxyethanol Asbestos-removal Asbestos Abatement Butyl Cellosolve Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Floors Hazard-Confirmed HETA-92-314-2308 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Organic-solvents OSHA Region 5 Solvent-vapors Solvents Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere Classified Tile Mastic

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA923142308
• 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:
  15 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Echt, Alan S. ; Hart, Charles
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00215349
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-234466
• 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 92-314-2308, 1993 May ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; 2-Butoxyethanol (CAS RN 111-76-2)
• Editor(s):
  Blythe, Ellen E.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1799 - Special trade contractors, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2d65c302b455958051bdfc4f9ca9e227070fd96f7e6bd3e47570f755acd5ec6defb5d14e476cead866a855f9274ed3268b48b76fec58359245c8b6d0a76b34ef
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171489/cdc_171489_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 214.75 KB ]