Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 80-100-798: Jehl Cooperage Company Inc.: Memphis, Tennessee

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• Personal Author:
  McLouth, Lawrence D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to solvents and chemical wastes were surveyed on April 23 to 25, 1980 at Jehl Cooperage Company, Incorporated (SIC- 3490) in Memphis, Tennessee. The evaluation was requested by United Auto Workers, District 65, Division 19, on behalf of the 51 employees of the company. Personal and area air samples were collected from various areas of the facility along with bulk material samples. Workers also were interviewed by a physician. Worker exposures to toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, ethyl-acetate (141786), cellosolve-acetate (111159), isobutanol (78831), methyl-isobutyl- ketone (108101), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), isopropyl-alcohol (67630), isopropyl-acetate (108214), lead (7439921), hexavalent- chromium (7440473), iron-oxide (1332372), and sodium-hydroxide (1310732) were all below their respective OSHA standards. Exposure to mixtures of organic solvent also were within acceptable limits. Workers in various areas of the facility commonly complained of skin, eye and respiratory tract irritation, headaches, breathing difficulty, and nervousness. Recommendations are included for workplace hygiene improvements in each area of the facility. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin Sodium Hydroxide Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Anxiety Dermatitis Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys Hepatitis Hexavalent Chromium HHE-80-100-798 Industrial-hygiene Lead Lead Chromate Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents Organic Vapors OSHA Region 4 Respiratory Irritation Sodium Hydroxide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80100798
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee ; Memphis (TN) ; 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Keenlyside, Richard A. ; Burroughs, G. Edward ; Maskulka, Cheryl
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114025
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-184581
• 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 80-100-798, 1981 Jan ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6) ; 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate (CAS RN 111-15-9) ; Isobutanol (CAS RN 78-83-1) ; Methyl isobutyl ketone (CAS RN 108-10-1) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Isopropyl acetate (CAS RN 108-21-4) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Iron oxide (CAS RN 1332-37-2) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  349 - Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:22eb367affb2e9f93b1530748578dba6bbaee2ab4bd184990dc3006f2e216dcdb6094c791264e56c750df1d5e8bbfd895c6dad9b1b92cff5e9158830eaae1c7a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173430/cdc_173430_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.85 MB ]