Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 79-141-711: Fischer & Porter Company: Warminster, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Lewis, Frank A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical surveys were conducted on September 9, and October 4 and 26, 1979, to evaluate employee exposures to asbestos (1332214) fibers, 1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556), epichlorohydrin (106898), methylene-chloride (75092), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), phenylglycidyl-ether (122601), p,p-methylene-dianiline (101779), and methylene-bis-4-cyclohexylisocyanate (5124301) vapors in the Quonset hut potting and coating operations at the Fischer and Porter Company (SIC-3448) in Warminster, Pennsylvania. The evaluation was requested by the Independent Union of Rotameter Workers on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. The 8 hour time weighted average personal and area air samples were well within the environmental criteria for asbestos fibers and the various organic vapors. Concentrations ranged from 8.1 to 35.7 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) for trichloroethane, from undetectable to 0.01mg/m3 for 4,4'- methylene dianiline, from undetectable to 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter for asbestos, and were undetectable for epichlorohydrin, phenyl-glycidyl-ether, methyl-ethyl-ketone, methylene-chloride, and methylene-bis-4-cyclohexylisocyanate. The author concludes that the concentrations of all of the test substances were within acceptable limits. He recommends that protective clothes and equipment be used during various operations, that no smoking, eating, or drinking be allowed in any of the work areas, that ventilation units be monitored and maintained, and that a comprehensive medical surveillance and respiratory protection program be implemented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Butanones Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Trichloroethanes Workplace
• Keywords:
  1,1,1-trichloroethane Air-contamination Air-sampling Airborne-fibers Asbestos Fibers Coatings Control-methods Epichlorohydrin Gases Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-79-141-711 Methylene Bis-4-cyclohexylisocyanate Vapors Methylene Chloride Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 P,p-methylene Dianiline Phenyl Glycidyl Ether Prefabricated-metal-buildings Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE79141711
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Warminster (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:
  DiCostanza, Michelle
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00102764
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-167919
• 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 79-141-711, 1980 Jul ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Epichlorohydrin (CAS RN 106-89-8) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Phenyl glycidyl ether (CAS RN 122-60-1) ; 4,4'-Methylenedianiline (CAS RN 101-77-9) ; Hydrogenated MDI (CAS RN 5124-30-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3448 - Prefabricated metal buildings - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:abe33511a66c4043c2c56eed11b691a5868b8f5785c68489305949b5aaf6a3948125055e765f812f956ed76b4f1f3b18b8e3a9e777f9782a46cf99a170a34b5d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173552/cdc_173552_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.87 MB ]