Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-92-010-2234: Kreisler Industrial Corporation; Elmwood Park, New Jersey

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• Personal Author:
  Gelperin, Kate ; Kiefer, Max
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from 16 former employees of the Kreisler Industrial Corporation (SIC-3498) (KIC), Elmwood Park, New Jersey, an investigation was undertaken to determine if health problems in some employees were work related. Reported health problems among the workers included occupational asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, heart problems and cancer. KIC was a custom machine shop servicing the aircraft engine industry. The company employed 85 workers with 50 directly involved in production or quality control. Monitoring results indicated that all contaminants sampled were below NIOSH recommended exposure limits (PELs). The highest solvent vapor concentration detected was 8 parts per million (ppm) for 1,1,1- trichloroethane (71556) (TCE) for the cleaning operator. The highest inorganic acid concentration detected was 0.15ppm of nitric- acid (7697372). Mineral-oil mist concentrations of 0.9 and dust contamination in the cleaning, deburring, and assembly departments. Other than eye and respiratory tract irritation, the medical evaluation did not identify employee health problems related to workplace contamination. The authors recommend measures to improve the level of safety and health at the facility.
• Subjects:
  Butanones Dust Eye Foreign Bodies Lung Lung Diseases Metals Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sodium Hydroxide Trichloroethanes

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• Keywords:
  1,1,1-trichloroethane 2-butanone Acetone Dust-control Eye-irritants Fabricated Pipe And Pipe Fittings Hazard-Confirmed HETA-92-010-2234 Inorganic Acids Lung-disorders Lung-irritants Metal-dusts Metal Dust NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Oil Mist OSHA Region 2 Respiratory-system-disorders Sodium Hydroxide Toluene Welding Fume Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA920102234
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  40 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00210209
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-119295
• 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 92-010-2234, 1992 Jul ; :1-38
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Nitric acid (CAS RN 7697-37-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3498 - Fabricated pipe and fittings - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:940312aae1e6c2b9d75c83b7ae92e8aa40a6bc8fb023814080b5ed6aa05bbdd988aeb734d561224c44f14fbb30dbba6727b028794d6229345fabae9dee839e88
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171555/cdc_171555_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 240.45 KB ]