Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 79-147-702: Duralectra Inc.: Natick, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Donohue, Michael T. ; Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An environmental survey was conducted on December 18 and 19, 1979 at Duralectra(SIC-5051) in Natick, Massachusetts to determine employee exposures to methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), trichloroethylene (79016), toluene (108883), nitric-acid (7697372), sulfuric-acid (7664939), and phosphoric-acid (7664382). Thirty workers are currently employed at this facility and they requested the evaluation. Employees were interviewed regarding work histories and general physical condition. Personal and area air were collected, and analysis was done by gas chromatographic colorimetric and titration methods. Methyl-ethyl-ketone concentrations ranged from undetectable to 134 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/cu m), trichloroethylene concentrations ranged from 1 to 38mg/cu m, and toluene ranged from undetectable to 8mg/cu m. Nitric, sulfuric and phosphoric-acid ranged from 0.2 to 0.15 mg/cu m, 0.04 to 0.19mg/cu m, and undetectable to 0.04mg/cu m, respectively. All samples were below the OSHA exposure limits of 590, 535, 375, 5.0, 1.0 and 1.0mg/cu m for methyl-ethyl-ketone, trichloroethylene, toluene, nitric, sulfuric and phosphoric-acid, respectively. The authors conclude that a potential health hazard existed at the time of this study and they recommend improved housekeeping and personal hygiene practices. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Butanones Occupational Health Phosphoric Acids Safety Skin Solvents Sulfuric Acids Toluene Trichloroethylene Workplace
• Keywords:
  Hazard-Confirmed HHE-79-147-702 Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitric Acid Organic-solvents OSHA Region 1 Phosphoric Acid Sulfuric Acid Toluene Trichloroethylene Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE79147702
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Natick (MA) ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Stephenson, Richard L. ; Woodruff, Jackie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00098073
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-111163
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 79-147-702, 1980 Jun ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Nitric acid (CAS RN 7697-37-2) ; Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9) ; Phosphoric acid (CAS RN 7664-38-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5031 - Lumber, plywood, and millwork - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5a72430b9719e4429eaf1d8733589cefd697c4fa754ee3eb0861798a447bcb83ff004bcf947ee7f9c8b068ef6a27854085a510f072e31ce1da1db91438710428
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173685/cdc_173685_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.29 MB ]