Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE-80-218-848: Ford Motor Company; San Jose, California

Details

• Personal Author:
  Pryor, Paul D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed for diacetone- alcohol (123422), butylacetate (123864), xylene (1330207), toluene (108883), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), acetone (67641), and dichloromethane (75092), welding fumes, manganese (7439965), chromium (7440473), copper (7440508), arsenic (7440382), and lead (7439921) at the Ford Motor Company (SIC-3710), in San Jose, California, during June and July, 1980. Ventilation systems were also evaluated. An authorized representative of the Ford Motor Company requested the evaluation on behalf of an unspecified number of workers in the fine wire weld booth, the lead application area, and the oil house and paint mixing area. No samples for any of the tested substances exceeded relevant OSHA standards. A few workers in the oil house had dermatological disorders on the arms and face. Ventilation systems appeared adequate. The author concludes that a health hazard to airborne chemicals does not exist at this facility, although some workers in the oil house have chemical related skin irritations. He recommends that workers in the oil house be provided with gloves and barrier or protective creams.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80218848
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Belanger, Pierre L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00116142
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-214727
• 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, HHE 80-218-848, 1981 Apr ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Diacetone alcohol (CAS RN 123-42-2) ; n-Butyl acetate (CAS RN 123-86-4) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  371 - Motor Vehicles and Equipment - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:021d7b10a611995222fcb90d4409f9f81135b498ae5e42a2b1c0c646882257bb7a5c536b2207432ea91c5329f7fd122a85daf2bf7fc36df51b54ccf3b636586d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173352/cdc_173352_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.28 MB ]