Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 78-68-546: Lear Siegler, Inc.: Marblehead, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Wegman, David H. ; White, Gary L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Air sampling and employee medical evaluations were performed on April 4 to 7 and May 4, 1978 to determine exposures to a new urethane catalyst compound consisting of 95 percent 3- dimethylaminopropionitrile (1738256), and 5 percent bis- (2(dimethylamino)ethyl)ether (3033623) used at Lear Siegler, Inc., (SIC-2531) in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The evaluation was requested by an authorized employer representative to determine exposures of 231 affected workers. Qualitative ventilation measurements were made by using a hot wire anemometer and smoke tubes. Quantitative measurements for airborne organic vapor contaminants were taken with an organic vapor analyzer, swipe samples were obtained and relative humidity and temperature measurements were made with a psychrometer. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of exposures to airborne organic vapor were obtained using calibrated battery operated personal monitoring pumps in combination with liquid and solid adsorbents and filter cassettes. Results of environmental sampling revealed that acetone (67641), aliphatic hydrocarbons (C9-C11), bis- (2(dimethylamino)ethyl)ether (3033623) (A-99), dimethylaminopropionitrile (1738256) (DMAPN), methylene-chloride (75092), trichloroethane (71556), trichloromethane (67663), trichloroethylene (79016), triethylene-diamine (280579) (TEDA), toluene-diisocyanate (26471625) (TDI), styrene (100425), quartz (14808607), and wax particulates were present in the work environment. TDI and C9-C11 exposures were toxic. The authors conclude that a health hazard exists at this company and they recommend ventilation improvements and health safety programs to ensure worker health and safety. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Hazardous Substances Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Safety Solvents Toluene Trichloroethylene Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  A-99 Acetone Air-contamination Aliphatic-hydrocarbons Aliphatic Hydrocarbons C9-C11 Bis (2(dimethylamino)ethyl)ether Dimethylaminopropionitrile DMAPN Hazard-Confirmed HHE-78-68-546 Industrial-exposure Methylene Chloride NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 1 Quartz Styrene TDI TEOA Toluene Diisocyanate Toxic-effects Trichloroethane Trichloroethylene Trichloromethane Triethylene Diamine Urogenital-system-disorders Ventilation-systems Wax Particulates

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7868546
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Marblehead (MA) ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  47 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Costello, Richard J. ; Love, John R. ; Thoburn, Theodore W. ; Davis, Letitia ; Fine, Lawrence J. ; Green, Deborah ; Johnson, Douglas L. ; Kalnas, Jonas ; McLetchie, Olaf ; Monroe, Carl ; Motner, Paul ; Oliver, Christine ; Peters, John M. ; Schwartz, Eugene ; Sheridan, Susan M. ; Sparks, Patricia J. ; Stern, Lucia ; Storey, Eileen ; Jaeger, Rudi ; Plugge, Hans ; Kreiss, Kathlene ; Martin, Carlo I. ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Choudhary, Gangadhar ; Lessley, Jim D. ; Stephenson, Karen ; Hudson, Steven L. ; Lebrizzi, Joseph M. ; Ball, Spencer ; Parry, James ; Delmage, Robert M. ; Goetz, Carol
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00101023
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-150534
• 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 78-68-546, 1978 Dec ; :1-47
• CAS Registry Number:
  3-(Dimethylamino)-propanenitrile (CAS RN 1738-25-6) ; Bis(2-dimethylaminoethyl) ether (CAS RN 3033-62-3) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Dimethylaminopropionitrile (CAS RN 1738-25-6) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Trichloromethane (CAS RN 67-66-3) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Triethylenediamine (CAS RN 280-57-9) ; Toluene diisocyanate (CAS RN 26471-62-5) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; Crystalline silica, quartz (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2531 - Public building & related furniture - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7341873745b829d294a9eba3ff76d7b07f79d6887dd16b01395d8fbcc9c804293aecffdcf57097855bc9029e186d1b62648d60afa5e762d57de0f185e6ac7e81
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173575/cdc_173575_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.82 MB ]