Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-85-306-1753: Timken, Inc.; Canton, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Lee, Stephen A. ; Singal, Mitchell
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from workers at the Timken Corporation (SIC- 3562), Canton, Ohio, an investigation was made of respiratory irritation, skin rashes, and headaches in machinists working in the roller bearing grinding area. Workers suspected the grinding fluid additive, Gulf-Agent-1688 as the cause. Grinding work involved 126 workers in two departments. Breathing zone and area air samples were collected in filters and analyzed by NIOSH Method P and CAM 283, bulk fluid samples were analyzed chromatographically, and colorimetry was used on air near a machine and in the Gulf-Agent- 1688 drum. Medical survey was made of grinding workers and workers in the adjacent inspection department. Total airborne particulate exposures were 1.6 to 2.6mg/m3 in grinding and 0.3mg/m3 in inspection, both below the OSHA limit of 5mg/m3 for mineral oil mist. Soluble-Oil-B (64742525) (64741964) and Gulf-Agent-1688 could not be successfully analyzed. No nitrosamines or ethylene-oxide (75218) were detected. Reported headaches and respiratory, eye, and other symptoms were not significantly different between 102 grinding workers and 52 inspection workers. The authors conclude that exposure to the machine oil mist is not the cause of reported symptoms, although work conditions have changed since Gulf-Agent- 1688 was introduced. Recommendations include substitution of the fluid, use of respirators and protective clothing or creams, personal cleanliness, and isolation of machines.
• Subjects:
  • Air Pollutants, Occupational
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Nitrosamines
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Particulate Matter
  • Safety
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  • NIOSH-Author
  • HETA-85-306-1753
  • NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation
  • NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report
  • OSHA Region 5
  • Hazard-Unconfirmed
  • Machine-operators
  • Cutting-oils
  • Occupational-exposure
  • Airborne-particles
  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA853061753
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Rondinelli, Ruth ; Conway, Kathy
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00167887
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87-188546
• 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 85-306-1753, 1986 Dec ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Distillates (petroleum), hydrotreated heavy naphthenic (CAS RN 64742-52-5)
  • Distillates (petroleum), solvent-refined heavy naphthenic (CAS RN 64741-96-4)
  • Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3562 - Ball and roller bearings - (SIC)
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172124/cdc_172124_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.44 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ea82b0de7f4ecf56c230e5540bf4eeaff4efa4e8638b80919a98ace6463b73528cbcc910926867af475b1b49c7082e09f9f3524e01d0c9f2fbd05fda337ca515