Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-88-068-2077: Schmidt Cabinet Company; New Salisbury, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Klein, Matthew K. ; Newman, Mary A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Schmidt Cabinet Company (SIC- 2434), New Salisbury, Indiana, an investigation was undertaken of the exhaust ventilation system and finishing room exposures. This firm manufactured kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities. Approximately 90 workers were employed at the facility. The cabinets were made from various hard woods, and finished by spraying with a series of stains, sealers, and/or paints. Spraying was done in a spray booth. General area and personal breathing zone air samples were collected, and the ventilation system was evaluated. The authors conclude that a potential hazard existed due to airborne exposure to hexavalent chromium (7440473), formaldehyde (50000) and ethylene-glycol-monobutyl-ether (111762) in the cabinet finishing area. A lack of makeup air, ineffective use of exhaust ventilation systems, and uncontrolled contamination sources were several of the problems causing employee exposure. The authors recommend specific measures to minimize and reduce exposure to hexavalent chromium compounds and formaldehyde, and to improve the ventilation systems at this facility.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Paint Safety
• Keywords:
  Cabinet Making Formaldehyde Glycol Ethers Hazard-Confirmed HETA-88-068-2077 Hexavalent Chromium NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Paint-spraying Painters Paint Spray Booths Solvents Spraying-booths Wood Cabinet Manufacturing

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA880682077
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; 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:
  38 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00197951
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-184515
• 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 88-068-2077, 1990 Oct ; :1-34
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; 2-Butoxyethanol (CAS RN 111-76-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2434 - Wood kitchen cabinets - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d9778b4085bc06a2ff8ff1f90b16ae985e2ca1fc0fa27742078b773af8de010b602fcc3d87c00f87ded71a7c2f5c524b1b4935944b7d2ca775bd535ab792845b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171701/cdc_171701_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.26 MB ]