Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report 73-84-119: Head Ski Company: Boulder, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Lucas, James B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An evaluation of possible health hazards due to chemical exposure at the Head Ski Company, (SIC-3949) Boulder, Colorado, was conducted by NIOSH. Dermatitis experienced by employees in the ski molding area prompted a study of the plant employing 300 workers. A total of 87 environmental samples were collected with a total of 357 chemical analyses performed. Direct trichloroethylene (79016) and noise measurements were made. All environmental measurements were below established Federal standards and the 1973 TLVs. Medical evaluations were performed. Patch tests of 3 substances (mold release containing methylene-chloride (75092) and chlorinated wax epoxy resin Dow-330 (25085998) and polyamide resin V-40) were applied to 12 workers with dermatitis. All patch test results of the mold release agent and polyamide resin V-40 were negative. Six workers with an average length of service of 17 months had positive tests to epoxy resin-Dow 330 which ranged from strong 1 + to 3 + reactions. The nonsensitized workers had an average of 7 months of service. Epoxy resin Epon-815 (29407849) was tested in one worker who had a positive reaction. The NIOSH investigating team concluded that the only hazard present at the plant was dermatitis due to direct contact with 2-bisphenyl-A type epoxy resins, Dow 330 and Epon 815 and recommended preventive health and safety measures for their use. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dermatitis Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Skin Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Air-contaminants Air-sampling Athletic-goods Bisphenyl-A Chemical-exposure Clinical-symptoms Control-methods Dermatitis Dow (330) Employee-exposure Epon (815) Epoxy Resins HHE-73-84-119 Humans Medical-examinations NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health-programs OSHA Region 8 Work-practices

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7384119
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Boulder (CO) ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  19 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Perone, Vernon P. ; Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Bloom, Thomas F. ; Bodner, Arnold H. ; Hendricks, Russell H.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00100058
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-232723
• 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 73-84-119, 1974 Mar ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Diglycidyl bisphenol a resin (CAS RN 25085-99-8) ; Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6) ; Methyl ethyl ketone [MEK] (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; 2-Methoxyethanol (CAS RN 109-86-4) ; Cellosolve acetate (CAS RN 111-15-9) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; Naphtha (CAS RN 8030-30-6) ; 2,4-Toluene diisocyanate (CAS RN 584-84-9) ; Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether (CAS RN 112-34-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3949 - Sporting and athletic goods, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:df8f5af8c7b0f728a6e93647f89c0b98ce0cffb4f8279063e6a7891f5fb4dac924a3b84b697f7409c788ad42d05633a4dd934e76991687acb860f826b572023f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173598/cdc_173598_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.33 MB ]