Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 80-188-797: Metamora Products Corporation: Elkland, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Jannerfeldt, Eric R. ; Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to organic solvents and dust were surveyed on September 17, 1980 at Metamora Products Corporation (SIC-2821) in Elkland, Pennsylvania. The evaluation was requested by an unspecified number of company employees. Air samples were collected on the injection molding area and were analyzed for total particulates, acrylonitrile (107131), styrene (100425), and 1,3- butadiene (106990) vapor. Workers also were interviewed about work related health disorders. Concentrations of all agents were below the environmental criteria of 45, 420, 2,200, and 10 milligrams per cubic meter for acrylonitrile, styrene, 1,3-butadiene, and total particulates, respectively. Two employees reported dryness of nasal mucous membranes. The authors conclude that no health hazard exists at this company. They recommend worker education about the hazards of chemicals used at the workplace, good personal hygiene and work practices, and regular servicing of local exhaust ventilation systems. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Particulate Matter Plastics Safety Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires Ventilation
• Keywords:
  1,3-butadiene Acrylonitrile Air-sampling Dust-exposure Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-188-797 Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents OSHA Region 3 Styrene Total Particulate

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80188797
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Elkland (PA) ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Maskulka, Cheryl
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114014
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-188368
• 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 80-188-797, 1981 Jan ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acrylonitrile (CAS RN 107-13-1) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; 1,3-Butadiene (CAS RN 106-99-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2821 - Plastics materials and resins - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:94f383cf894b582d9abf1b8d66acc0e0f6198d14a9c06a8edacb5e7086aa51f797e773747e97e0b0a407c7c0e077dd0996d5c4916d09265704be2ba8c78a3e0e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173441/cdc_173441_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.23 MB ]