Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-86-162-1782: Continental Refrigeration Corporation; Exton, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A request was made for a hazard evaluation at the Continental Refrigeration Corporation (SIC-3585) in Exton, Pennsylvania, to determine possible worker exposure to welding fumes and other materials used in foam filling, assembly and crating operations, including solvents and carbon-monoxide (630080). Personal breathing zone air samples were analyzed for particulates, aluminum (7429905), iron (7439896), zinc (7440666), toluene (108883), petroleum distillate, methylene-chloride (75092), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), and methylene-bisphenyl-diisocyanate (101688) (MDI). Exposures to methylene-chloride ranged from 29 to 213mg/m3. No overexposures were registered for welding fumes, solvents, MDI or carbon-monoxide during these sampling periods. The author concludes that a potential hazard exists from methylene-chloride exposure. According to the author, the level of methylene-chloride should be lowered through substitution with a less hazardous process material, automation, ventilation, improved work practices or a combination of these steps. Some lowering of carbon-monoxide levels would be achieved through better design criteria of the lift truck ventilation system and modifications of facility operations in this regard.
• Subjects:
  Butanones Environmental Monitoring Hydrocarbons Isocyanates Occupational Health Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Carbon Monoxide Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Commercial And Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Hazard-Confirmed HETA-86-162-1782 Methylene Bisphenyl Isocyanate Methylene Chloride Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-solvents OSHA Region 3 Petroleum Distillate Toluene Welding Fumes

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA861621782
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Conway, Kathy
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00170409
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87-223228
• 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 86-162-1782, 1987 Mar ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; 4,4’-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (CAS RN 101-68-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3585 - Refrigeration and heating equipment - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:60435580f948d9c666c4d47f761827528bb0d597ecd87e8362c2b1b314733c1c3d60e9d9877a66369e13688f5054bdef9d75cc46ac0e460007c07697ddadb4ac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172104/cdc_172104_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 151.64 KB ]