Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-053-876: Georgia Dept. of Human Resources Drug Abuse Laboratory; Atlanta, Georgia

Details

• Personal Author:
  Salisbury, Stanley A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed for methylene- chloride (75092), isopropyl-alcohol (67630), acetone (67641), and ethyl-acetate (141786) at the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Drug Abuse Laboratory (SIC-8071), in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20, 1980. A staff member requested the evaluation on behalf of approximately five affected employees. All samples were below the evaluation criteria of 75, 400, 250, and 400 parts per million for an 8 hour time weighted average for methylene-chloride, isopropyl- alcohol, acetone, and ethyl-acetate, respectively. The author concludes that a health hazard from solvent vapor exposure did not exist at this laboratory, and recommends additional laboratory hoods and improved solvent waste disposal.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81053876
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00116487
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-214412
• 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 81-053-876, 1981 May ; 1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6)
• Editor(s):
  Hickey, Marion
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8071 - Medical laboratories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9bd26e4f4e2acfd6cb9787e5c69501affee98e8ce87ea5d815d4813cc0c723971f310c9572f6b872488073e336cc72e4685df0b997c6e5667bf7e2d29d86eea1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173334/cdc_173334_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.03 MB ]