Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-83-369-1672: Lockheed-Georgia Company; Marietta, Georgia

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• Personal Author:
  Anger, Kent ; McConnell, Robert S. ; Salisbury, Stanley A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Working conditions were evaluated in Building 84, at the Lockheed/Georgia Company (SIC-3721), Marietta, Georgia where parts removed from C54 aircraft wings were spray cleaned with 1,1,1- trichloroethane (71556) or a solvent blend called Turco T-1000. An authorized representative of the Aeronautical Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Lodge 709, had requested the evaluation to investigate health hazards in Building 84. Air samples taken near an exhaust ventilation booth were analyzed for solvents. Personal air sampling detected exposures at concentrations well below NIOSH evaluation criteria: 23 parts per million (ppm) 1,1,1- trichloroethane, 350ppm limit
  
  5.8ppm methylene-chloride (75092), 75ppm limit
  
  2.8ppm tetrachloroethylene (127184), 50ppm limit
  
  1.2ppm aromatic hydrocarbons, 25ppm limit
  
  0.2ppm diacetone-alcohol (123422), 50ppm limit
  
  0.5ppm n-butanol (71363), 50ppm limit
  
  and total urinary trichloro compounds and m-methyl-hippuric-acid were within or below normal levels. The authors conclude that no solvent exposures above NIOSH recommended levels were detected during the evaluation. Differences noted in neurobehavioral performance between exposed and unexposed workers cannot conclusively be attributed to solvent exposures received prior to the NIOSH site visit. As tetrachloroethylene is a suspected carcinogen, exposures should be reduced to the lowest technically feasible limit.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Behavior Blood Carcinogens Hematologic Diseases Hydrocarbons Mental Disorders Methylene Chloride Occupational Health Safety Solvents Tetrachloroethylene Trichloroethanes

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• Keywords:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane Aircraft Manufacturing Alcohols Behavioral-disorders Blood-disorders Central Nervous System Toxicity Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Cleaning-compounds Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-83-369-1672 Neurobehavioral Effects NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 4 Solvent-vapors

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA833691672
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  32 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Aw, Tar-Ching ; Coleman, Marion ; Phipps, Frederick
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00163135
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-223989
• 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 83-369-1672, 1986 Feb ; :1-29
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4) ; Diacetone alcohol (CAS RN 123-42-2) ; n-Butanol (CAS RN 71-36-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3721 - Aircraft - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:44a72c27c523bf0ac22d4e59b7cc756586e0db409ec03d51cb9197fd11b875974fa162ca497264ad69f08a639ba323335fe99538826ad78cb6c75076f3b5c399
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172217/cdc_172217_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.26 MB ]