Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 78-32-507: Chalfant Manufacturing Company: 1000 W. River Road, Elyria, Ohio 44035

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• Personal Author:
  Evans, William A. ; Lybarger, Jeffrey A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical surveys were conducted on December 21, 1977, and March 28 and 29, 1978 to investigate illnesses among employees from the welding and painting operations at Chalfant Manufacturing Company (SIC-3443) in Elyria, Ohio. The evaluation was requested by an authorized employee representative of the Upholsterer's Union Local 48 on behalf of the approximately 11 affected employees. Samples analyzed for zinc-oxide (1314132), aluminum (7429905), iron-oxide (1309371), cadmium (7440439), xylene (1330207), acetone (67641), and beryllium (7440417) were below evaluation criteria. Copper (7440508) fume concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 1.5 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), exceeding the OSHA standard of 0.1mg/m3, and total dust concentrations ranged from 12.4 to 18.2mg/m3, exceeding the OSHA standard of 15mg/m3. Ozone concentrations ranged from 0.005 to 1.0 parts per million (ppm) during welding, exceeding the OSHA standard of 0.1ppm. Interviewed workers reported work associated symptoms, with worse symptoms when the welding process involved galvanized steel. The authors conclude that a health hazard exists for the welders, and spray painters may have been exposed to excessive solvent vapors when painting in poorly ventilated areas. They recommend that local exhaust ventilation be installed in all welding locations and that welding curtains be installed to protect other workers from flash burns. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Copper Dust Labor Unions Occupational Health Ozone Paint Particulate Matter Poisoning Safety Solvents Ventilation Welding Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-contaminants Airborne-dusts Aluminum Welding Clinical-symptoms Control-methods Copper Metal Fume Data-collection Fabricated-plate-work Gases Hazard-Confirmed HHE-78-32-507 Humans Metallic-poisons NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Ozone Gas Painters Pre-galvanized Steel Welding Unions Welders Work-environment

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7832507
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Elyria (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:
  20 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Moore, Ceola H. ; Holthaus, Marie A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099476
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-143943
• 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 78-32-507, 1978 Jul ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Zinc oxide (CAS RN 1314-13-2) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Iron oxide (CAS RN 1309-37-1) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3443 - Fabricated plate work (boiler shops) - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee78c6402656ec0cbef4a5900e28b8df85ba1e968229584d08154a9f05a844875ecbbc22d41f3fc1fd7a2574fb77ce11b2beb600fb256e00a93c87e963486456
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173622/cdc_173622_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.27 MB ]