Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 78-99-562: Grumman Flxible: Loudonville, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Taft, Richard M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Employee exposures to ammonia (7664417) in the Blueprint Reproduction Department of Gaumman Flexible (SIC-3743) in Loudonville, Ohio were evaluated on August 2, 1978. The evaluation was requested by the safety committee representative of Local 4781, United Steelworkers of America on behalf of seven potentially exposed employees. Amounts of ammonia detected ranged from 0.8 to 3.3 parts per million (ppm) for a time-weighted average (TWA). These values were far below the OSHA standard of 50ppm for an 8 hour TWA. Private interviews with employees revealed no adverse health effects from ammonia exposure. The investigator concludes that a health hazard to employees did not exist in the reproduction department. He recommends that ammonia be stored in a proper place away from eating areas, gloves and goggles be worn when handling ammonia, and ammonia containers be properly labeled. Recommendations for controlling ammonia exposure and other workplace hazards in other departments of the company also were given. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-samples Ammonia Bus Manufacturing Employee-health Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-78-99-562 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Protective-equipment Sanitation Subassemblies Toxic-materials

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7899562
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Loudonville (OH) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Pryor, Paul D. ; Morris, Linda
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00101039
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-149726
• 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 78-99-562, 1979 Feb ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3743 - Railroad equipment - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4d581e7004e37720b953d11c751981c4644f910bd6d25611e065d389eac4167c5c53d849009b61574d8d25086ce786d7d7d17478ef0d02a11dbdf1c38a1f3418
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173560/cdc_173560_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.23 MB ]