Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 80-1-654: Cobe Laboratories, Inc.: Arvada, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Tharr, Dawn G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal and area air samples were analyzed for contaminants at Cobe Laboratories (SIC-3079), Arvada, Colorado, on November 15, 1979. The laboratory management requested the evaluation following two fainting episodes experienced by one employee within a 3 week time span. Air samples indicated 9.5 to 79 parts per million (ppm) of isopropanol (67630), and 0.4 to 3.6ppm of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556). The current exposure limits for isopropanol and 1,1,1- trichloroethane are 400 and 350ppm, respectively. Employee interviews revealed no health problems. The authors conclude that no hazard existed at the time of the survey. The fainting spells of the affected employee were not work related. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Plastics Safety Trichloroethanes Workplace

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• Keywords:
  1,1,1-trichloroethane ABS Resin Air-contamination Air-sampling Chemical-exposure Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-80-1-654 Industrial-processes Isopropanol Medical-equipment Molding Operation Mold Release Agent NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Plastic-products Polycarbonate Resins Standards Synthetic-materials Work-environment

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE801654
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Arvada (CO) ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Moseley, Clifford L. ; McGlothlin, James D. ; Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kerdolff, Sandra L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00093763
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-165038
• 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 80-1-654, 1980 Jan ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3079 - Miscellaneous Plastics Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:276ac10990cdc8003b08492ab512a38dec5d52166e871bd260f6c3bb7d27f42d4ecc61957bb0d56e9bf822e043dcacdb1105afc3a020b578578fc77d7a96d773
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173701/cdc_173701_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.14 MB ]