Health Hazard Evaluation Project No. HE 79-49-631: Dana Corporation - Spicer Universal Joint Division: 400 South Miller Avenue, Marion, Indiana 46952

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• Personal Author:
  McQuilkin, Shawn D. ; Shea, Linda ; Singal, Mitchell
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed, employees were interviewed and given a questionnaire, and an odor identification test was conducted at Dana Corporation-Spicer (SIC-3711) Universal Joint Division, Marion, Indiana, in January, 1979 to determine the cause of complaints of mucous membrane irritation. The company employed 990 production and maintenance personnel. The evaluation was requested by the Allied Industrial Workers of America on behalf of 58 affected employees in Department 256. Breathing zone and environmental samples of carbon-monoxide (630080), ozone (10028156), oxides of nitrogen, sulfur-dioxide (7446095), hydrogen-sulfide (7783064), methyl-chloroform (71556), and petroleum naptha (8030306) were well within OSHA criteria of 50 parts per million (ppm), cubic meter, respectively. A qualitative examination of bulk residue taken from the compressed air system revealed the presence of phthalic-anhydride (85449), a potent irritant and a possible decomposition product of the synthetic compressor oil. The company was informed of the problem and appropriate efforts were undertaken to rectify the situation
  
  no exposures to irritants were reported as of March 22, 1979. Recommendations made by NIOSH include: cleaning or replacing the air supply system if new employee complaints should occur, protecting the worker who cleans the line from residual contamination, and providing a medical evaluation for any symptomatic employee, focusing on the possibility of hypersensitivity to phthalic-anhydride. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Air Pollutants, Occupational Digestive System Diseases Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Hazardous Substances Hydrogen Sulfide Hypersensitivity Labor Unions Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Sense Organs Sulfur Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-pollutants Air-sampling Aircraft-equipment Carbon Monoxide Chemical-exposure Chest Tightness Environmental-engineering Hazard-Unconfirmed Headaches HHE-79-49-631 Hydrogen Sulfide Medical-screening Methyl Chloroform Mucous Membrane Irritation Nausea NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nosebleeds OSHA Region 5 Oxides Of Nitrogen Ozone Petroleum Naptha Phthalic Anhydride Physiological-response Protective-measures Sore Throats Sulfur Dioxide Toxic-gases Unions

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7949631
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Marion (IN) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  23 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Hollett, Bruce A. ; Richmond, Elizabeth D.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00092407
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-195290
• 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 79-49-631, 1979 Nov ; :1-23
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Petroleum ether (CAS RN 8030-30-6) ; Phthalic anhydride (CAS RN 85-44-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3711 - Motor vehicles and car bodies - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:42f0412f79185711f3e6223b81b4796a1ad2963645402db2b140756ffdd29bcfa6a870d160ad5ce0bb93af9cfe7b1e1f38c1e93b6125f5946673f4b040ecfd18
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173738/cdc_173738_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.38 MB ]