Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-129-268: General Electric Company: Waynesboro, Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Roper, C. Paul
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed for toxic concentrations of methylene-dianiline (101779), methylene-bis-(4- cyclohexylisocyanate), methylene-chloride (75092), and 1,1,1- trichloroethane (71556) at the General Electric Company (SIC-3573) in Waynesboro, Virginia, on May 7, 1975. Exposures of plating room employees to airborne concentrations of nitric-acid (12507776), cyanides, hydrochloric-acid (7647010), sodium-hydroxide (1310732), nickel (7440020), chromium (7440473) and trichloroethylene (79016) were also studied. No samples revealed toxic concentrations of any chemicals in question. The author recommends that the ventilation system be evaluated, routine monitoring for industrial hygiene be conducted, and employee training be improved. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Chromium Cyanides Dermatitis Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Hypersensitivity Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Methylene Chloride Nickel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Skin Sodium Hydroxide Trichloroethanes Ventilation Workplace

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• Keywords:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane Air-contaminants Air-sampling Chemical-exposure Control-methods Electronics-industry Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-74-129-268 Hydrochloric Acid Industrial-processes Methylene Dianiline, Methylene Bis (4-Cyclohexyl Isocyanate) NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitric Acid OSHA Region 3 Safety-practices Trichloroethylene Work-environment

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE74129268
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Virginia ; Waynesboro (VA) ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  32 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Straub, Wesley E. ; Burroughs, G. Edward ; Gilles, Dawn M. ; Rivera, Raymond O. ; Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099419
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273712
• 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 74-129-268, 1976 Mar ; :1-33
• CAS Registry Number:
  4,4'-Methylenedianiline (CAS RN 101-77-9) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3573 - Electronic Computing Equipment - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:79780fb062fbbf1c2cdfd10995381a5d4bf3cdf26b81ab72f7b7f881b42e9667aa06d7ec11fb0f74eb0db776a5e6daf480b578e7d8218f2b5ca2fa084891c993
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173647/cdc_173647_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.90 MB ]