Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-378-1000: Keystone Diesel Engine Company; Wexford, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed for methylene- chloride (75092), hydrogen-chloride (7647010), sodium-hydroxide (1310732), mineral oil (8012951), and cresylic-acid (1319773) at the Keystone Diesel Engine Company (SIC-3519), in Wexford, Pennsylvania, on July 28, 1981. A representative of the International Association of Machinists and Automotive Workers, Local 1060, requested the evaluation on behalf of two affected workers. Methylene-chloride concentrations ranged from none detected to 27 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/Cum), below the NIOSH standard of 261 mg/Cum. No hydrogen- chloride, sodium-hydroxide, mineral-oil, or cresylic-acid was detected. Environmental criteria for these chemicals are 7 mg/Cum, 2 mg/Cum, 5 mg/Cum, and 22 mg/Cum, respectively. The author concludes that a health hazard from the tested chemicals did not exist at this facility. He recommends worker education and training, good personal hygiene and work practices, and the proper marking of all containers that contain chemicals.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA813781000
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  Lee, Steven A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00121965
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-187006
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 81-378-1000, 1981 November ; 1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Paraffin oils (CAS RN 8012-95-1) ; Cresol (CAS RN 1319-77-3)
• Editor(s):
  Johnson, Patty
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3519 - Internal combustion engines, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:762e4dd98491bd1be26b04773dada00e7497aa30c41a2a308e14006fc83ec90251d745c4e799603aacb0886c202b1dd4d6eb4a3c87ea11ee632d1e397a131c11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173231/cdc_173231_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.08 MB ]