Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-271-1198: Colorado Foot Clinic; Denver, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Potential health hazards from exposures to methyl-methacrylate (80626) (MMC) used in the preparation of shoe inserts at the Colorado Foot Clinic (SIC-8049), Denver, Colorado were investigated. Employees requested the study which was conducted on July 13, 1982. Three breathing zone and three general room air samples for measurement of MMC were analyzed. Values ranged from 17 to 417 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) compared to an OSHA 8-hour time weighted evaluation criteria of 410mg/m3. Three workers exposed to MMC reported periodic headaches and one complained of nausea. The exhaust fan was insufficient to remove MMC vapors. The authors conclude that a health hazard did exist from exposure to MMC. The authors suggest that a larger exhaust ventilation hood with slot ventilation at a larger worktable would eliminate drawing the MMC vapors through the worker's breathing zone.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Employee-exposure Hazards-Confirmed HETA-82-271-1198 Industrial-hygiene Methyl Methacrylate NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Offices Of Health Practitioners, Not Elsewhere Classified OSHA Region 8 Podiatry Shoe-manufacturing

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA822711198
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00129611
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-173061
• 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 82-271-1198, 1982 Oct ; :1-:5
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester (CAS RN 80-62-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8049 - Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:714b1dbfbac542abb8533b71729c34e60c3cd1fc8c1648b55c102f183760474e960628fae56bbd4c912e9814bcc5f35d04d84f6cf4b67181704ac0f2f7fe23bc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172999/cdc_172999_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.11 MB ]