Health Hazard Evaluation Report HHE 80-129-812: Ford Motor Company - Ohio Truck Plant: Avon Lake, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal breathing zone and area samples were analyzed and workers were given dermatological examinations to determine toxic exposures to hydraulic fluid at Ford Motor Company's Ohio Truck facility (SIC- 3713) in Avon Lake, Ohio on August 19 and 20, 1980. The evaluation was requested by local 2000, United Auto Workers to determine if nail disorders among maintenance workers were caused by hydraulic fluid exposure. Of the 1,405 employees, 40 to 80 were maintenance workers. Personal breathing zone and area sampling indicated no overexposure to oil mist, copper (7440508) fume, iron-oxide (1332372) fume, manganese (7439965) fume, zinc-oxide (1314132) fume, or total welding fume
  
  values were well below the OSHA standards of 5, 0.1, 28.6, 5, 5, and 5 milligrams per cubic meter, respectively. Culture of samples of hydraulic fluid did not show the presence of fungi associated with nail disorders. Hand eczema in some of the workers was associated with fungal infections of the feet or fingernails. The medical data was insufficient to determine if the hydraulic fluid contributed to the dermatological problems. The authors conclude that a hazard from overexposure to welding fume metals does not exist. They recommend that worker contact with spilled hydraulic fluid be reduced during equipment repairs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Fungi Metals Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases Surveys And Questionnaires Welding
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Fungus Galvanized Steel Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-129-812 Hydraulic-fluids Hydraulic Fluid Induction Welding Metal-fumes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Skin-disorders Truck And Bus Bodies Welding Fumes Worker-health Zinc

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80129812
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Avon Lake (OH) ; 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Taylor, James S. ; Kern, Michael ; Maskulka, Cheryl
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114037
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-184607
• 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 80-129-812, 1981 Feb ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Iron oxide (CAS RN 1332-37-2) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Zinc oxide (CAS RN 1314-13-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3713 - Truck and bus bodies - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:da4200ece9e2fc7cfff8832f0fceb3a2b99b34d324e3e021ffd8131d6e30877f7bc2bce6a6c2144540f7802c9e872e3158baddfd1f616b3e51983cbb2b29d35e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173427/cdc_173427_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.45 MB ]