Health Hazard Evaluatuation Determination Report no. 76-92-363,Jeffery bigelow Design group, Inc., Washington, D.C. 20007

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• Personal Author:
  Hollett, Bruce A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Acting on a request received from the Jeffery Bigelow Design Group, in Washington, D.C., regarding the exposure of employees to contaminants from acrylic furniture manufacturing, a Health Hazard Evaluation was conducted by NIOSH on August 2 and 3, 1976, to determine whether exposures to acetone, toluene, methyl methacrylate, methylene chloride, petroleum distillate, methyl alcohol, dibutyl phthalate, nuisance dust, and noise were posing a health hazard to the workers. It was determined that the exposures to the chemicals were not hazardous, but noise levels were found to be potentially hazardous throughout the work area during periods of frequent or prolonged power tool use. The determinations are based on environmental measurement, interviews, and observations of work practices and exposure controls. Interviews with at least 5 of 8 potentially 'affected' workers failed to reveal any pattern of symptoms, although nearly all complained of some discomfort when gluing larger projects. Recommendations are made regarding ventilation, use of a silica-free polishing compound, reduction of noise exposure and wearing of impermeable gloves.
• Subjects:
  Acetone Air Pollution Dust Ear Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Methacrylates Methanol Methyl Chloride Methylene Chloride Noise Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Phthalic Acids Protective Clothing Safety Sense Organs Solvents Toluene Toxicology Wood

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• Keywords:
  Air Pollution Air Sampling Chloromethanes Crude Oil Dibutyl Phthalate Distillates Environmental Health Environmental Surveys Furniture Manufacturing Humans Industrial Hygiene Industrial Medicine Medical Examination Methyl Alcohol Methyl Methacrylate Nuisance Dust Organic Solvents Petroleum Distillate Phthalates Phthalic Acid/(dibutyl-ester) Protective Clothing Toxicity Woodworking

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• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 76-92-363, 1977 Feb ; :1-18
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7692363
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; 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:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kupel, Richard E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049350
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273913
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Methyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-56-1) ; Methyl methacrylate monomer, inhibited (CAS RN 80-62-6) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e5dd6fd103d30d2194948806675b5df9b71afeabb2addad1083aee0b52b93aaa1290c0f17f275b583cdb2ec6ccf85e95ed4671731642183abcc3c2dc42d8e32b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172397/cdc_172397_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.02 MB ]