Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. HHE-73-166-131: Draper Pet Supply Company: Springfield, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Larsen, Lee B. ; Larsen, Lee B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request to investigate the possible harmful effects arising from solvent vapors entering one workplace from another business using the solvents on a lower floor, the working conditions at the Draper Pet Supply Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, were evaluated. The pet supply warehouse and aquariums were located on the second floor of a brick and masonry building. There were seven workers in the pet supply warehouse and office areas. The first floor contained a manufacturing firm which used n-propyl-alcohol (71238) and ethyl-acetate (141786). Vapors from the first floor were exhausted directly to the outside on two sides of the building with the exhaust vents located about 5 feet above ground level. Air samples were collected from nine areas in the pet supply company on 12 and 13 December, 1973. The author concludes that no health hazard existed from solvent vapors at the time of the survey. During warmer weather when the windows were either open or air conditioning units drew outside air into the building, there may have been a hazardous condition.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Solvents Ventilation Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Ethyl Acetate Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-73-166-131 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Normal Propyl Alcohol Office-workers Organic-solvents OSHA Region 1 Solvent Vapors Toxic-vapors Ventilation-systems Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)   ; Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)  
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA) ; Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73166131
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00179014
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246466
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 73-166-131, 1974 Apr ; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Propyl alcohol (CAS RN 71-23-8) ; Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6) ; Propyl alcohol (CAS RN 71-23-8) ; Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e723b5c11e9f9b296bc04b42ff5f4330dedef44f97399f671b80b5d4963d963a37c9e596927f7dd5b853cf109fd26b29dbe589307eaa52e2d08f0fe5adda6ddd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171985/cdc_171985_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 575.88 KB ]