Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. TA-80-119-1066: Federal Correctional Institution: La Tuna, Texas

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• Personal Author:
  Markel, Harry L. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Prison System, an evaluation was made of potentially hazardous conditions at the Federal Correctional Institution (SIC- 9999), La Tuna, Texas. Concern was expressed over employee/inmate exposures to isopropyl-alcohol (67630), toluene (108883), methylene- chloride (75092), nuisance particulate matter, wood dust, iron-oxide (1309371), and welding fumes from furniture refinishing. Furniture refinishing necessitated stripping, sanding, painting and general refurbishing. Airborne concentrations of isopropyl-alcohol ranged from 42 to 160 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3)
  
  respirable nuisance particulate matter, 0.4 to 1.6mg/m3
  
  total nuisance particulate matter, 2 to 82mg/m3
  
  and iron-oxide, below detection to 1mg/m3. The only evidence of a potential hazard was in the exposure to concentrations of total wood dust. The author concludes that a potential health hazard might exist to persons exposed to wood dust
  
  the other exposures were not considered to be hazardous. The author recommends that efforts be made to reduce dust concentrations in sanding and grinding operations. A low volume, high velocity exhaust system is recommended which uses small volumes of air at high velocities to control dust from portable hand tools.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Solvents Toluene Ventilation Wood
• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles Dust-control Hazard-Confirmed Iron Oxide Isopropyl Alcohol Methylene Chloride NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nonclassifiable Establishment Nuisance Particulate Matter Organic-solvents OSHA Region 6 TA-80-119-1066 Ventilation-equipment Wood Dust Woodworkers

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Texas ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  20 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00179181
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-199398
• 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, TA 80-119-1066, 1982 Mar ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Iron oxide (CAS RN 1309-37-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9999 - Nonclassifiable establishments - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:77e7fc8701ef41d08c5716369669ebf89c7f6a8e9b9b04b9809ae965641b15a190dee7cf9627bb56febd09c5404b095115b413df97fbcae268452d6cf66449ea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171966/cdc_171966_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.34 MB ]