Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 79-144-672: Quoizel, Inc.: Hauppauge, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Lewis, Frank A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental sampling and medical interviews interviews were conducted on October 19 and November 22, 1979 to determine employee exposures to asbestos (1332214), lead (7439921), zinc chloride (7646857), and hydrogen-chloride (7647010) in the Tiffany Lamp (SIC- 3645) assembly area at the Quoizel Company, in Hauppauge, New York. An unidentified individual requested the evaluation on behalf of 12 company employees. Personal air samples taken for lead and zinc chloride fumes were well below the OSHA standards of 50 micrograms and 1 milligram per cubic meter, respectively. Area air samples for hydrogen chloride were also below the OSHA standard of 7 milligrams per cubic meter. Nine employees reported episodes of eye, throat, nose, and sinus irritation, and occasional chest tightness. Bulk sample analysis of the top of a work table indicated the presence of 2 to 5 percent chrysotile (12001295) asbestos. NIOSH concluded that the employees were not exposed to potentially toxic concentrations of lead and zinc chloride fumes or hydrogen chloride. They recommend that local exhaust ventilation be installed for the assembly operators and that the worktable surface be replaced with a nonasbestos material. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Hypersensitivity Inorganic Chemicals Lead Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Skin Ventilation Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Asbestos-dust Assembly-line-workers Electric-lighting-fixtures Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-79-144-672 Hydrogen Chloride Lead Chloride Fume Metallic-poisons NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 2 Standards Toxic-gases Ventilation-systems Work-environment Zinc Chloride Fume

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE79144672
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  DiCostanza, Michelle
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00095238
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-192107
• 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 79-144-672, 1980 Mar ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Zinc chloride (CAS RN 7646-85-7) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Chrysotile (CAS RN 12001-29-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3645 - Residential lighting fixtures - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:32a7210f34c9efc6f5365b72a5d330c2784f3516a03452516c59ee907e0c47f412bf6697d7e39f43c2b4cc9f465c759d96d1350cc24dafa484e597b27b3e8dc6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173693/cdc_173693_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.08 MB ]