Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 80-083-779: Video Merchandisers, Incorporated: New York, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Gorman, Richard W. ; McLouth, Lawrence D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental air samples were analyzed for the presence of hexane (110543), acetone (67641), toluene (108883), methylene-chloride (75092) and cellosolve-acetate (111159) at Video Merchandisers, Incorporated (SIC-7310) in New York, New York, on April 3 and 4, 1980. The evaluation was requested by an employee based on potential employee exposure to organic vapors and irritation from tobacco smoke. Symptoms of coughing, eye irritation, headaches, nausea, and hypersensitivity were reported. Concentrations of hexane, and methylene-chloride ranged from 0.9 to 2.9 and 0.8 to 0.9 parts per million (ppm), respectively. Toluene concentration was sample concentrations were three percent or less of the most stringent standard or exposure limit. The Threshold Limit Index (TLI) for the mixture of organic vapors was 0.03 or less which is well below a TLI of 1 which, if exceeded, is an overexposure condition. The authors conclude that no occupational health hazard exists. They recommend the installation of a fan to aid in circulation and that smoking be kept to a minimum. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Digestive System Diseases Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Smokers Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Acetone Advertising Air-sampling Cellosolve Acetate Commercial Art Coughing Eye Irritation Hazards-Unconfirmed Headaches Health-surveys Hexane HHE-80-083-779 Methylene Chloride Nausea NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents OSHA Region 2 Toluene Ventilation Worker-health

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80083779
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; New York (NY) ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Morris, Linda
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00112013
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-149758
• 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 80-083-779, 1980 Dec ; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  n-Hexane (CAS RN 110-54-3) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate (CAS RN 111-15-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  731 - Advertising - (SIC) ; 8999 - Services, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0f71d946de0ca5831069a8494c73b82a0e570cc873fe2636217665129c9fcc24ed983b5ae0376b8e120ecd5cd9c5bcabe12e0579aad51b09eda2a1041b1dd294
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173456/cdc_173456_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.81 MB ]