Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-86-071-1817: Dubois Chemical Company; Sharonville, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from Local 774 of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Technical, Salaried and Machine Workers, possible exposures to numerous substances and hazardous noise levels were evaluated at the Dubois Chemical Company (SIC-2842), Sharonville, Ohio. The production facility formulates about 400 specialty chemical products for institutional and industrial applications. Personal sampling results included the following: sodium-hydroxide (1310732) dust, from nondetectable to 0.63mg/m3
  
  hydrochloric-acid (7647010), nondetectable to 0.05mg/m3
  
  phosphoric- acid (7664382), nondetectable
  
  methylene-chloride (75092), 6.6 to 380mg/m3
  
  and toluene (108883) 0.6 to 45mg/m3. Full shift noise exposures ranged from 78 to 88 decibels-A (dB-A) with a mean of 82dB- A time weighted average. Noise exposures over the NIOSH recommended exposure limit of 85dB-A existed for 5 workers. The author concludes that a health hazard existed from exposures to methylene- chloride. Individual noise exposures at or in excess of the OSHA permissible exposure limit were possible. The author recommends substituting a less toxic chemical for methylene-chloride and improving ventilation conditions. The use of personal protective equipment should be upgraded and the reuse of gloves stopped. The development of a hearing conservation program is suggested.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Ear Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Solvents
• Keywords:
  Acids Alkaline Dust Batch Process Chemical-industry-workers Hazards-Confirmed HETA-86-071-1817 Methylene Chloride NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise Noise-control Noise-exposure Organic-solvents OSHA Region 5 Personal Protective Equipment Specialty Cleaning, Polishing, And Sanitation Preparations Ventilation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA860711817
• 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:
  28 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  DeArmond, Larry ; Tubbs, Randy L. ; Jenkins, Sharon
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00174298
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-153242
• 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 86-071-1817, 1987 Jul ; :1-37
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Phosphoric acid (CAS RN 7664-38-2) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2842 - Polishes and sanitation goods - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d5badf4423482301f59fd5315a1ed408afd48f5fd0c46c86969826abd8ec9c085de7296882b8bba9ce67a1b7007a234a73f702b424e18a4ab571b4fb8a0a9935
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172078/cdc_172078_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 192.61 KB ]