Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-037-1120: Industrial and Automotive Fasteners, Inc.; Royal Oak, Michigan

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H. ; Anderson, Kern E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposure to thermal degradation products during the manufacture of automotive wheel nuts was investigated. The survey was requested by the management of Industrial and Automotive Fasteners Incorporated, (SIC-3452), Royal Oak, Michigan. Five workers in the cold forming area were involved. On January 12 and 13, 1982, a walk-through survey, the collection of environmental air and bulk oil samples, and the administration of occupational health questionnaires were undertaken. Analyses of bulk oil samples indicated that in addition to a wide range of aliphatic hydrocarbons, butyl-cellosolve (111762), tetrachloroethylene (127184), toluene (108883), and xylene (1330207) were decomposition products. Total n-alkanes had a maximum value of 6.4 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3). The maximum for toluene was 0.27mg/m3 and 0.81mg/m3 for xylene. These compare to the NIOSH recommended standards of 376mg/m3 for toluene and 435mg/m3 for xylene. Carbon-monoxide (630080) was at 7 parts per million or less or about 20 percent of the NIOSH standard. The only health complaint was occasional burning of the eyes. The authors conclude that no health hazard from thermal decomposition products existed. They recommend limiting exposure to tetracholoroethylene since it is a potential human carcinogen.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mineral Oil Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets, And Washers Cold Working Process Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-82-037-1120 Industrial-factory-workers Mineral Oil NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Oil-mists OSHA Region 5 Tetrachloroethylene Thermal Decomposition Products

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA820371120
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  Grote, Ardith A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127594
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-139864
• 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 82-037-1120, 1982 May ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Butoxyethanol (CAS RN 111-76-2) ; Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Editor(s):
  Widener, Betty L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3452 - Bolts, nuts, rivets, and washers - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:be9481471171b35a56572ee8724d9eb44f35015548e27ffcabcf47b33dcd9b1ed9556f2b543f3102e4fee8994011b3219357b84acaf9e3694f05a4422520bc1a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173066/cdc_173066_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.69 MB ]