Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report 73-180/183-159: Docutel Corporation; Irving, Texas

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report: HHE-73-180-183-159: Docutel Corporation, Irving, Texas
• Personal Author:
  Bodner, Arnold D. ; Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation of Docutel Corporation in Irving, Texas, was performed in January and April 1974. Potential hazardous exposure to metallic grinding dust, soldering fluid, petroleum oil fluid, cadmium (7440439) fumes, and welding fumes were examined. The three facilities of the company included an abrasive finishing operation (SIC-3291), manufacture of printed circuit boards (SIC- 3674), and the manufacture of automated bank and baggage handling systems. There were about 250 workers involved. Environmental samples were analyzed for cadmium, lead (7439921), tin (7440315), manganese (7439965), and methyl-chloroform (71556). Medical examinations were performed. Methyl-chloroform concentrations ranged from 12 to 18 parts per million (ppm), well below the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists criteria value of 350ppm for an 8-hour exposure. Iron concentrations ranged from 0.01 to 0.47 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), less than the criteria value of 10mg/m3. Cadmium concentrations were less than 0.01mg/m3. Lead concentrations were below 0.02mg/m3. Manganese ranged from values of the latter four chemicals were well below criteria values. Workers in the soldering area complained of nasal irritations. The authors conclude that no health hazard currently exists at the facilities. Recommendations include preplacement and periodic physical examinations, provision of gloves and safety glasses for the workers handling solvents, and regular environmental monitoring of the automatic soldering machine and degreaser.
• Subjects:
  Dust Hazardous Substances Metals Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Welding
• Keywords:
  Degreasing Electronics-industry Employee-exposure Exposure-levels Hazards-Unconfirmed Industrial-dusts Methyl Chloroform NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 8 Region 6 Safety-practices Sanding Soldering Toxic-vapors

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73180183159
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Texas ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Bickerstaff, Dick ; Hendricks, Russell ; Mote, Robert
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00137486
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-246470
• Citation:
  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 73-180-183-159, 1974 Nov ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Tin (CAS RN 7440-31-5) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3291 - Abrasive products - (SIC) ; 3674 - Semiconductors and related devices - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fa5193a9ecf1407bb0240a536828b9474df6814a642bb107f6dee2672110008f518c8680c4b43288e818704b3e95fe0ec4f63214ff11218f800afbb059c1c7de
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172817/cdc_172817_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.59 MB ]