Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-455-1229: Red Wing Shoe Company; Red Wing, Minnesota

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• Personal Author:
  Mortimer, Vincent D. ; Murphy, Denise C. ; Tharr, Dawn G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposures to solvent based adhesives were surveyed on September 21 and 22, 1981 and March 2 and 3, 1982 at Red Wing Shoe Company (SIC- 3143) in Red Wing, Minnesota. The evaluation was requested by an unspecified representative of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 527, on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Concern was expressed over a high rate of miscarriage among one group of workers. Personal and area air samples were analyzed for various solvents. Medical questionnaires were given to a total of 69 workers. Naphtha (8030306) and methylene-chloride (75092) exposures exceeded the respective NIOSH limits of 350 and 75 parts per million. Excessive exposures were also found for various solvent combinations, including heptane (142825), acetone (67641), toluene (108883), ethyl-acetate (141786), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), isopropanol (67630) and tetrahydrofuran (109999). Workers reported symptoms such as headaches, skin irritations, eye irritation, and upper respiratory tract irritation. No increase in the incidence of spontaneous abortion was found. Control technology assessments indicated several deficiencies. The authors conclude that solvent exposure hazard exist at this company. They recommend improved engineering controls, work practices, workplace hygiene, and product labeling.
• Subjects:
  Butanones Dermatitis Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin Solvents
• Keywords:
  Acetone Air-sampling Control-technology Dermatitis Ethyl Acetate Hazards-Confirmed HETA-81-455-1229 Industrial-exposures Industrial-hygiene Isopropanol Mens Footwear Methyl Ethyl Ketone Naphtha NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Respiratory Irritation Spontaneous Abortions Tetrahydrofuran Time-weighted-average-exposure Toluene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA814551229
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; 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:
  33 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127576
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172592
• 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 81-455-1229, 1982 Nov ; :1-31
• CAS Registry Number:
  Petroleum ether (CAS RN 8030-30-6) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; n-Heptane (CAS RN 142-82-5) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Tetrahydrofuran (CAS RN 109-99-9)
• Editor(s):
  Lovell, Patricia
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3143 - Men's footwear, except athletic - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aa6ee159132aa412c7f9b563ccd6562630be48941ffa49bdc5d4cbae9de214640c7e0b1ab0c4bd24edf7100c00aef2d84366a461fbcc5f1cf3c58fb1dccb1048
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173077/cdc_173077_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.62 MB ]