Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 78-54-518: FMC Corporation: Broomfield, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical surveys were conducted on April 11, 1978, to evaluate exposures to Freon-11R (75694), hydrofluoric-acid (7664393), nitric-acid (7697372), and acetone (67641) during the etching and polishing of components at the FMC Corporation in Broomfield, Colorado. The evaluation was requested by a management representative on behalf of approximately 25 affected employees. Environmental air samples were all within the most recent evaluation criteria. Confidential employee interviews showed no health complaints or symptoms. The author concludes that a health hazard did not exist at the time of the evaluation. The author recommends that adequate protection be provided against accidental exposure to hydrofluoric-acid and that all ventilation hoods be checked frequently to ensure proper air flow. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane Fluorine Hydrofluoric Acid Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Semiconductors Skin
• Keywords:
  Accident-control Acetone Fluorine-compounds Freon-11 Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-78-54-518 Humans Hydrofluoric Acid Inorganic-acids Metal-polishing NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitric Acid Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 8 Semi-conductors

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7854518
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Broomfield (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:
  9 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099490
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-143083
• 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 78-54-518, 1978 Aug ; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Fluorotrichloromethane (CAS RN 75-69-4) ; Hydrogen fluoride (CAS RN 7664-39-3) ; Nitric acid (CAS RN 7697-37-2) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1e79693c000a3725ba74a8aec7ea49aadbbf93c0cc908546cd3bc5395dc7428bf6ae2a06c5f029c822f675707365c714a37d6840feb126f3c7d8526aa6550a9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173608/cdc_173608_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.33 MB ]