Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-29-1088: Industrial Plastics; Valley City, Ohio

Burroughs GE; Moody, Patricia Lynne

doi:10.26616/NIOSHHETA81291088

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Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-29-1088: Industrial Plastics; Valley City, Ohio

1982/04/01
By Burroughs GE ; Moody, Patricia Lynne
Series: Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Due to reports of eye irritation, labored breathing, and chest pains, a survey was requested by Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union and was performed in November, 1980 and March and April, 1981 at Industrial Plastics (SIC-3079) Valley City, Ohio. The facility employs 100 workers. Exposures to noise, isocyanates, methylene-chloride (75092), benzoic-acid (65850), 1,1,1- trichloroethane (71556), trichloroethylene (79016), styrene (100425), fibrous-glass, carbon-monoxide (630080), and organic vapors were measured. Questionnaires, pulmonary function tests, and carboxyhemoglobin concentrations were obtained. Carbon-monoxide measurements were 1 to 98 parts per million (ppm); 9 samples were above the 35ppm NIOSH recommended criteria. Methylene-chloride concentrations were 2 to 310ppm; 12 samples exceeded the 75ppm NIOSH criteria. Styrene concentrations were 12 to 140ppm; 2 samples exceeded the 100ppm OSHA criteria. Toluene-diisocyanate (26471625) (TDI), was below the recommended criteria, but appeared to affect pulmonary function. Noise measurements were 82 to 93 decibels, exceeding the 85 decibel NIOSH criteria. All other measurements were within recommended limits. Carboxyhemoglobin concentrations were increased in the foam room as the work shift progressed. Skin irritations were high in fibrous glass workers. The authors conclude that workers are overexposed to carbon-monoxide, methylene- chloride, styrene, noise, and possibly TDI. Recommendations are made to reduce exposure.
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Air Pollutants, Occupational Ear Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Sense Organs Sense Organs, Injuries
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1,1,1-trichloroethane Acetone Air-sampling Benzoic Acid Breathing-zone Carbon Monoxide Control-technology Dust Employee-exposure Fibrous Glass Hazards-Confirmed HETA-81-29-1088 Industrial-ventilation Irritants Isopropyl Alcohol MDI MEK Methylene Bisphenyl Isocyanate Methylene Chloride Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise OSHA Region 5 Plastic Plastics-industry Styrene TDI Toluene Toluene Diisocyanate Trichloroethylene
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Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
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Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81291088
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Ohio ; OSHA Region 5

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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:

1-42
NIOSHTIC Number:

00127203
NTIS Accession Number:

PB83-198390
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 81-29-1088, 1982 Apr; :1-42
CAS Registry Number:

Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Benzoic acid (CAS RN 65-85-0) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; ... More +

Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Benzoic acid (CAS RN 65-85-0) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Toluene diisocyanate (CAS RN 26471-62-5) Less -
Federal Fiscal Year:

1982
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

3079 - Miscellaneous Plastics Products - (SIC 1972)
Resource Number:

HETA-81-29-1088
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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