Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-099-908: Aopor, Inc.; Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Lee, Stephen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to a wide variety of chemicals were surveyed on November 28, 1980, and February 18, 1981 at AOPR, Inc. (SIC-9199) in Cincinnati, Ohio. The evaluation was requested by the two company owners to investigate the cause of symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, nausea, blurred vision, confusion, and respiratory irritation. Air and bulk samples were collected for analysis. Concentrations of formaldehyde (50000), ozone (10028156), oxides of nitrogen, sulfur-dioxide (7446095), total hydrocarbons, ammonia (7664417), triethylamine (121448), aniline (62533), phenol (108952), carbon-monoxide (630080), and carbon-dioxide (124389) were undetectable. No volatile amines were detected in heated bulk samples of carpet, padding wallpaper, pastes, adhesives, or duct insulation. Very low concentrations of carbon 4 to carbon 7 alkanes were found along with xylene (1330207), carbon-tetrachloride (56235), benzene (71432), and C10H16 terpene. The author concludes that the reported symptoms of the two workers are not due to any detectable air contaminants generated from materials used in the office at the time of the survey.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81099908
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kern, Michael J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00118878
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-258278
• 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 81-099-908, 1981 July ; 1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7 ; Triethylamine (CAS RN 121-44-8) ; Aniline (CAS RN 62-53-3) ; Phenol (CAS RN 108-95-2) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Carbon tetrachloride (CAS RN 56-23-5) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Editor(s):
  Burt, Cheryl A.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9199 - General government, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:68e043316c2aea90e71d0beeb10b7050be6a7c90f882ee78ce45a1e972a2e12aa7f8947593fe9382580a56f3c8f43f3c6d222def7919bdfb62eb84a66ca55ff8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173304/cdc_173304_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 817.81 KB ]