Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-404-1579: Florida State Archives; Tallahassee, Florida

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• Personal Author:
  Crandall, Michael S. ; Elliott, Larry J. ; Hartle, Richard W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for ethylene- oxide (75218) at the Florida State Archives (SIC-8411), Tallahassee, Florida in November 1984. The evaluation was requested to determine if an ethylene-oxide fumigator could be operated safely in view of the change in the OSHA standard from 50 to 1 part per million (ppm). Ventilation measurements were made. Ethylene-oxide was found to be leaking from the fumigation cylinder
  
  associated plumbing produced potential exposures up to at least 500ppm during the evacuation cycle. Ethylene-oxide concentrations in the restoration and photography laboratories which shared common plumbing with the fumigator were 1 to 8ppm. A sample taken on a day when the fumigator was not operating showed 0.6ppm ethylene-oxide in the area near an ethylene-oxide cylinder. Breathing zone concentrations ranged from non-detectable to 0.20ppm. The ventilation system dedicated to the fumigation operation worked well. The fumigation area was under sufficient negative pressure to prevent contamination of other parts of the building. The authors conclude that a health hazard exists if the fumigation system is operated without additional controls. Recommendations include adding local exhaust ventilation and using respiratory protection devices.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Monitoring Ethylene Oxide Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-monitoring Archives Exposure-methods Fumigation General Government Hazards-Confirmed HETA-84-404-1579 Industrial-chemicals Museums And Art Galleries NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 4 Respirators

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA844041579
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; 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:
  25 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Williamson, George ; Grass, Jacqueline
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00153407
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-141876
• 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 84-404-1579, 1985 Apr ; :1-25
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8411 - Museums and Art Galleries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d866d4d03cbe2843e8d54145dc2eba857d3cbc6f0ecc2869164668a37132164c9db7790eaf9da2eeb0205bea32f7078137decb21a483516f6d5f4d43d554eaa4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172274/cdc_172274_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.13 MB ]