Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-468-1036: United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers; Baltimore, Maryland

Details

• Personal Author:
  Albrecht, William N.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed for methylene- chloride (75092), 2-butanone (78933), toluene (108883), and xylene (1330207) at a roof installation work site in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 23 to 25, 1981. A representative of the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers, in Baltimore, Maryland, requested the evaluation. Exposures to airborne vapors of methylene-chloride ranged from none to 31.1 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/Cum), compared with the OSHA standard of 1750 mg/Cum. 2- Butanone concentrations ranged from none detected to 17.6 mg/Cum, compared with the OSHA standard of 590 mg/Cum. Toluene concentrations were in the range of 2.8 to 16.6 mg/Cum, below the OSHA standard of 750 mg/Cum. Xylene concentrations were also below the OSHA standard of 435 mg/Cum, ranging from none to 1.3 mg/Cum. The author concludes that a health hazard from solvent vapors did not exist at this construction site. He recommends that workers try to maintain an upwind attitude when applying roofing adhesive, or heat-sealing edges of the roofing sheets, avoiding skin contact with the adhesives, use of respirators when working in confined spaces, and worker education.
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Health Safety Solvents
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA814681036
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00121955
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-194523
• 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 81-468-1036, 1982 January ; 1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Editor(s):
  Johnson, Patty
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  176 - Roofing, Siding, and Sheet Metal Work - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8d1149e63e5d29379e3e56482edc67decfa2a675a1961e89bae7bcfbc4b8f8ed0a18d8caa4dc79c7bfd0a40549198badddc12dd31f92e52b0fbd52bf730dfc55
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173238/cdc_173238_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.70 MB ]