Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 79-18-627: Standard Folding Cartons, Inc.: 85th St. & 27th Avenue: Jackson Heights, New York 11372

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• Personal Author:
  Fannick, Nicholas L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A literature review, environmental sampling, and a laboratory analysis were conducted, and employees were interviewed to determine exposure to chemical compounds at the bacon carton assembly line of Standard Folding Cartons, Inc., (SIC-2651) in Jackson Heights, New York. An unspecified number of employees had requested an evaluation on their own behalf. Based on the manufacturer's information and melted bulk sample analysis, the components of a hot wax used in processing were identified as paraffin-wax (8002742), butylated-hydroxytoluene (128370) (BHT), and a small amount of turpentine related solvents. Air samples revealed no trace of these components, or any organic chemical except trichloroethylene (79016) which was measured at 1.0 to 1.6 parts per million (ppm). The OSHA standard for this substance is 100ppm for an 8 hour time weighted average. The authors conclude that under these conditions, no hazard existed, and no recommendations were considered necessary. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Trichloroethylene
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Bacon Carton Assemby Chemical-exposure Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-79-18-627 Hot Wax Industrial-factory-workers NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 2 Paperboard-containers-and-boxes Physiological-response Trichloroethylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7918627
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Jackson Heights (NY) ; 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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00092416
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-195241
• 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 79-18-627, 1979 Nov ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Paraffin [synthetic wax] (CAS RN 8002-74-2) ; Butylated hydroxytoluene (CAS RN 128-37-0) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2651 - Folding Paperboard Boxes - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4599fd9831cf8bb14c0bb227fc654cee3d464d3ae2f2bb6e114becd94f6591ee3db95073008c1d93e455bcb557c7cc276ea00075dd56967bb135c6df25d48479
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173729/cdc_173729_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 786.49 KB ]