Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. HE 78-35-568: American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.: New York, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Haring, Marie K. ; Taft, Richard M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Air sampling for asbestos (1332214), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556), and trichlorotrifluoroethane (75694) as completed to determine the potential for carcinogenic exposure to film editing and cleaning employees at American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (SIC-7814) in New York, New York on April 25 to 27, 1978. Epidemiological evaluations also were made. The Business Agent of Motion Picture Editors Local 771 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees requested the survey on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. No asbestos fibers were detected. All concentrations of 1,1,1-trichlorethane and trichlorotrifluoroethane were below OSHA 8 hour time weighted average standards of 350 and 1000 parts per million, respectively. Two of five employees operating the ultrasonic film cleaning machines reported headaches, light headedness, loss of balance, and ringing in the ears, and four of five employees reported eye, nose, and throat irritation while loading and unloading the ultrasonic film cleaning machine and drying or defatting of skin when cleaning film by hand. The investigators conclude that a health hazard from solvent vapors did not exist during testing, and that further epidemiological studies should not be made. They recommend that high nose level warning signs be posted at entrances to film cleaning rooms, emergency personal protective equipment be available in case of major chemical spills, and that ultrasonic film cleaners use chemical safety goggles and impervious gloves during bulk film cleaning. Proper storage and labeling of bulk chemicals, maintenance of exhaust hoods, reconnection of the ventilation system, and inspection of the room air conditioning for possible cross contamination were also recommended procedures for ultrasonic film cleaning. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Movements Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asbestos Carcinogens Inorganic Chemicals Irritants Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Skin Trichloroethanes

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• Keywords:
  1,1,1-trichloroethane 1,1,2trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane Air-contamination Air-flow Asbestos Employee-exposure Film Cleaning Film Editing Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-78-35-568 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 2 Protective-equipment Sanitation Skin-exposure Trichlorotrifluoroethane

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7835568
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Belanger, Pierre L. ; Pryor, Paul D. ; Zisner, Martin H. ; Woodruff, Jackie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00101045
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-150450
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 78-35-568, 1979 Mar ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Fluorotrichloromethane (CAS RN 75-69-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7814 - Motion Picture Production for TV - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:69aba5b583b1bd7496a0c7dcb0507460da09f39793439757314da2ff1920ccc9afcec0234979038fcecc32a97e500cd62541dfffc3632039bba3aee971e8d768
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173554/cdc_173554_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.24 MB ]