Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 80-109-750: Beaver Shoe Company, Division of Kinney Shoe Corporation: Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental samples were analyzed for acetone (67641), methyl- ethyl-ketone (78933) (MEK), toluene (108883), hexane (110543), and methyl-isobutyl-ketone (108101) (MIBK) at the Beaver Shoe Company (SIC-3144) in Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania, on July 8 and 9, 1980. The evaluation was requested by an unspecified individual. Exposures to acetone, MEK, toluene, hexane, and MIBK did not exceed their respective individual OSHA standards of 2,400, 590, 750, 1,800, and 410 milligrams per cubic meter. Based on calculations for exposures to mixed organic solvents, acetone, MEK and toluene exposures exceeded acceptable limits. Exposures to a mixture of acetone, hexane, MIBK and toluene were within the acceptable limits. Workers reported health problems including dermatitis, mucous membrane irritations, headaches, and eye irritation. The authors conclude that a hazard exists due to organic solvent vapor exposure. They recommend the use of gloves and solvent labeling, improvements to the ventilation system, and establishment of a medical monitoring program for all exposed workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Acetone Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Butanones Dermatitis Headache Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Skin Solvents Staff Development Toluene

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• Keywords:
  Acetone Air-contamination Control-methods Dermatitis Hazards-Unconfirmed Headache Hexane HHE-80-109-750 MEK Methyl Isobutyl Ketone Mucous Membrane Irritation NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health-programs OSHA Region 2 Physiology Toluene Unspecified Symptoms Womens Footware

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80109750
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Beaver Springs (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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Singal, Mitchell ; Hoar, Mary E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00108442
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-103177
• 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 80-109-750, 1980 Oct ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; n-Hexane (CAS RN 110-54-3) ; Methyl isobutyl ketone (CAS RN 108-10-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3144 - Women's footwear, except athletic - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:17889e644bf2e9a4b560cf2dfdddd9aec5f3b26c22fa4479878b76993263e7ea147554c75e4de20be48e7fb32689f7f8e117f22e187c3d31e56fb79f15cc30e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173495/cdc_173495_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.83 MB ]