Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-111-283: Cook Paint and Varnish Company: North Kansas City, Missouri

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• Personal Author:
  Hervin, Raymond L. ; Lucas, James B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal and general air samples were taken and employee interviews were completed at Cook Paint and Varnish Company (SIC-2851) in North Kansas City, Missouri on October 23, 1974, May 5, and September 5 and 15, 1975. An authorized representative of the Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO requested the evaluation on behalf of 5 affected employees. Particulate samples were collected. Standard analytical methods were used to analyze total dust, respirable dust, stannous-octoate (301100), and chromic-oxide (1308389). Trimellitic-anhydride (552307) (TMA) samples were analyzed by rapid esterification gas chromatography. Past occupational history and illness were reviewed. Physical examination revealed eye and nasal irritation, shortness of breath, wheezing and cough, gastric distress, headache, and photophobia. Results of sampling indicated that exposure to chromic-oxide and stannous octoate were less than 40% of the OSHA criteria of 1 and 2 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) respectively. Exposure to TMA ranged from 0.1 to 7.5mg/m3, which exceeded the criteria of 0.1mg/m3 suggested by the authors because there are no current NIOSH guidelines or OSHA standards for TMA. Total airborne particulate dusts ranging from 3 to 77mg/m3 exceeded the Threshold Limit Value of 10mg/m3 for total nuisance dusts. The authors conclude that a health hazard exists at this site because workers were exposed to toxic concentrations of particulate matter and TMA. The authors recommend modifications in the ventilation, respiratory program, work hazard education and physical examination programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Occupational Health Paint Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-contaminants Clinical-symptoms Control-methods Eye Irritation Hazards-Confirmed HHE-74-111-283 Humans NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 6 Paint-and-allied-products Paints Pipe Clad Epoxy Paint Respiratory Irritation TMA Total Airborne Particulate Trimetitic Anhydride

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE74111283
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; North Kansas City (MO) ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Hendricks, Russell H. ; Kupel, Richard E. ; Larkin, Robert L. ; Smallwood, Anthony W.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099446
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-241419
• 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 74-111-283, 1976 Apr ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Stannous octoate (CAS RN 301-10-0) ; Chromium(III) oxide (CAS RN 1308-38-9) ; Trimellitic anhydride (CAS RN 552-30-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2851 - Paints and allied products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6dc1abf761a8d77a8fa6b88d48ec0528a33336fe16dcdf5c33830e725057b5f4e160e90e015ede18a6a858ebb4a595b0563bf4bc21cacc0fa30135c90059a90c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173644/cdc_173644_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.56 MB ]