Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 80-057-781: Long Island Rail Road: Richmond Hill, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Hartle, Richard W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples collected from the armature room, battery shop, and paint shop were analyzed for dusts, fumes and chemical pollutants at the Long Island Rail Road Richmond Hill facility, New York, from June 2 to 5, 1980. The evaluation was requested by an authorized representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 589, on behalf of 800 hourly and 40 administrative workers. Breathing zone and general area samples were analyzed for particulates, asbestos (1332214), and metal dusts and fumes, vinyl-toluene (25013154), maleic-anhydride (108316), sulfuric-acid (7664939) mist, arsine (7784421), stibine (7803523), methyl-chloride (74873), isopropanol (67630), methanol (67561), methyl-butyl-ketone (591786), heptane (142825), 1-nitropropane (108032), 2-nitropropane (79469), xylene (1330207), toluene (108883), butanol (71363), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), cellosolve-acetate (111159), butyl-acetate (123864), hexamethylene-diisocyanate (822060), and freon (75456). Analysis of breathing zone and general area samples indicated that all concentrations were well within the limits of the federal evaluation criteria, except for one sample of a nuisance particulate. The sample contained 16.1 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) of particulate, which exceeded the OSHA standard of 5mg/kg. Two samples of methylene-chloride were measured at 115.3 and 187.2ppm, exceeding the NIOSH standard of 75ppm. Five samples of hexamethylene-diisocyanate ranged from 0.027 to 0.054ppm, exceeding the NIOSH standard of 0.005ppm. The author concludes that a potential hazard exists from overexposure to nuisance particulates, methylene-chloride and hexamethylene-diisocyanate. He recommends improved exhaust ventilation and provision of respiratory protection to employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asbestos Environmental Monitoring Inorganic Chemicals Isocyanates Methanol Methylene Chloride Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Solvents Toluene Ventilation Welding Xylenes

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• Keywords:
  1-Nitropropane 2-Nitropropane Air-contamination Air-sampling Arsine Asbestos-dusts Battery Recharging Butyl Acetate Cellosolve Acetate Chlorodifluoromethane Hazards-Confirmed Heptane Hexamethylene Diisocyanate HHE-80-057-781 Isopropanol Maleic Anhydride Methyl Butylketone Methylenechloride Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nuisance Particulates OSHA Region 2 Paint Stripping Rail Road Maintenance Spray Painting Steam Cleaning Stibine Sulfuric Acid Vinyl Toluene Welding Fumes Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80057781
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Richmond Hill (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:
  19 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  McLouth, Lawrence D. ; Woodruff, Jackie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00111999
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-150855
• 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 80-057-781, 1980 Dec ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Vinyl toluene (mixed isomers) (CAS RN 25013-15-4) ; Maleic anhydride (CAS RN 108-31-6) ; Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9) ; Arsine (CAS RN 7784-42-1) ; Stibine (CAS RN 7803-52-3) ; Methyl chloride (CAS RN 74-87-3) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Methanol (CAS RN 67-56-1) ; Methyl n-butyl ketone (MnBK, MBK) (CAS RN 591-78-6) ; n-Heptane (CAS RN 142-82-5) ; 1-Nitropropane (CAS RN 108-03-2) ; 2-Nitropropane (CAS RN 79-46-9) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; n-Butanol (CAS RN 71-36-3) ; Methyl ethyl ketone [MEK] (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Cellosolve acetate (CAS RN 111-15-9) ; n-Butyl acetate (CAS RN 123-86-4) ; Hexamethylene diisocyanate (CAS RN 822-06-0) ; Chlorodifluoromethane (CAS RN 75-45-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4011 - Railroads, line-haul operating - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:37cbe749f147f92124d9bb5292b1a67d31308d2ae41511fdb803bac6f2db00aebd34e9e4c0e161602e82d636a75b9a026a32090482dc5a0f5d1fe80442207cc3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173461/cdc_173461_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.55 MB ]