Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-459 and HETA-85-110-1905: Budd Company; North Baltimore and Carey, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Hartle, Richard W. ; Rondinelli, Ruth
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to confidential requests, a study was undertaken of possible hazardous working conditions at the Budd Company (SIC-3079) locations in North Baltimore and Carey, Ohio. Concern was expressed over worker exposure to isocyanates, methylene-chloride (75092) (MeCl) and other chemicals. The Budd Company produced molded plastic automobile body parts and skis in compression mold presses from sheet molding compound. Primary sources of worker exposures to MeCl were in the prime wipe operation, and the use of MeCl as a general cleaning solvent at various jobs and locations. MeCl exposures ranged up to 239 parts per million
  
  NIOSH has recommended that levels be maintained at the lowest feasible level. All but one of the time weighted average exposures to styrene (100425) were below the recommended limits. Some association was found between MeCl exposure and neurological symptoms. There were also associations between work involving repetitive motion and hand and arm symptoms
  
  jobs involving potential isocyanate exposure were also associated with irritative and respiratory symptoms. The authors conclude that a potential hazard existed from overexposure to MeCl. The authors recommend that measures be taken to reduce or eliminate MeCl exposures, that isocyanates be monitored continuously and that jobs requiring repetitive motion be evaluated and redesigned.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Hydrocarbons Irritants Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Acetone Carbon Monoxide Carboxyhemoglobin Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Cumulative Trauma Disorders Diisocynate Hazard-Confirmed HETA-84-459-1905 HETA-85-110-1905 Liver Function Methylene Chloride Miscellaneous Plastic Products Musculoskeletal Nervous-system-disorders Neurobehavioral Tests NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Repetitive-work Reproductive Outcome Respiratory Irritation Solvent-vapors Styrene Toluene Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA851101905
• 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:
  88 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Anger, W. Kent ; Brightwell, W. Stephen ; Taylor, B. J. ; Burg, JeAnne ; Conway, Kathy ; Brassell, Jenise
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00182301
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-120588
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 84-459 and HETA 85-110-1905, 1988 Jun ; :1-87
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3079 - Miscellaneous Plastics Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:34199289c3a31c32ca4bc41c14aa77735a3959c777aaf4203e3ea6bec66c5a19d0469828a7ab881c5e08b748e0df8dfcebdea81a7bef505dc4c4617623f08f73
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171887/cdc_171887_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.29 MB ]