Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 81-023-807: Beaufort Air-Sea Equipment Company: Seattle, Washington

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• Personal Author:
  Apol, Arvin G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Workers exposures to toluene (108883) and rubber (9006046) solvent vapors were surveyed at Beaufort Air-Sea Equipment Company (SIC- 3732) in Seattle, Washington on September 10 and October 8 and 9, 1980. The survey was requested by company management on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Personal air samples were collected and workers were given medical questionnaires before and after their workshifts. Worker exposures to toluene ranged from 10 to 35 parts per million (ppm) for an 8 hour time weighted average, well below the OSHA standard of 200ppm. Exposure to rubber solvent vapors ranged from 5 to 12ppm
  
  the estimated OSHA standard is 400ppm. None of the workers reported exposure related symptoms after their work shift. Two workers had dry hands, due possibly to direct solvent contact. The authors recommend use of ventilation and protective skin creams, and proper storage of adhesive, solvents and solvent soaked rags. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires Toluene Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Boat Building & Repairing Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HETA--81-023-807 Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents OSHA Region 10 Refined Petroleum Solvents Rubber Life Rafts Rubber Solvent Toluene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81023807
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Washington ; Seattle (WA) ; OSHA Region 10
• 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:
  10 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114019
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-187899
• 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, HETA 81-023-807, 1981 Jan ; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3732 - Boat building and repairing - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c712d421e6b0136d4779815c564e99b3ca2456bbc9ed73a5a1f11bc5378f04a3895b0fa45c02b7c7ffe81fce9240ad2c2bb8bcca8c152f0def2b1c50696b0535
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173436/cdc_173436_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.31 MB ]