Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-78-466: Pre Finish Metals, Inc.: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Bryant, Charles J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An evaluation to determine if workers at Pre Finish Metals, Inc., involved in coating coiled stock metals (SIC-3479), either aluminum (7429905) or steel, with a wide variety of chemical coatings, usually paints or laminates and/or rustproofing are exposed to carcinogens, has been made. About 20 of the employees were given nondirected interviews to determine if they had experienced health problems as a result of their work place exposure. During the private interviews, many of the workers complained about the use of White Plastisol. Direct measurements for vinyl-chloride (75014) monomer were taken by using colorimetric detector tubes. No detectable levels of the vinyl-chloride monomer were found. Breathing zone and general area samples were taken for benzene (71432), toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), acetate (71501) n-butyl-alcohol (71363), 2-butoxyethanol (111762), isopropyl-alcohol (67630) and chromium-(VI) (18540299). Concentrations of benzene, in nine samples, exceeded the evaluation criteria. The airborne concentration of methyl-ethyl-ketone, taken at the reclaimed solvent room and during the blue strippable Plastisol coating process also exceeded the evaluation criteria. Two of the eight samples taken during the black and blue vinyl coating process exceeded the evaluation criteria for mixtures of substances with similar toxicological properties. The concentrations of benzene, methyl-ethyl-ketone, and the mixture of substances as they existed during the time of this evaluation, constitute a health hazard to the workers involved. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Benzene Butanones Cyclohexanones Environmental Monitoring Metals Metals, Heavy Metal Workers Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Solvents Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  2-butoxyethanol 2-ethoxyethyl Acetate Air-contaminants Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Alcohols Aromatic-hydrocarbons Benzene Chromium (Vl) Coating-materials Cyclohexanone Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals HHE-77-78-466 Industrial-hygiene Isophorone Isopropyl Alcohol Light-metals Methyl Ethyl Ketone Methyl Isobutyl Ketone N-butyl Alcohol NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Steel-industry Toluene Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7778466
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Elk Grove Village (IL) ; 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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080146
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-199670
• 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 77-78-466, 1978 Feb ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Acetate (CAS RN 71-50-1) ; n-Butanol (CAS RN 71-36-3) ; 2-Butoxyethanol (CAS RN 111-76-2) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Hexavalent chromium (CAS RN 18540-29-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3479 - Metal coating and allied services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2aff7ab29e9953ad29e9c4ae23c07912dbdf8eba8dd486145e1923a743165631b3d8773e3e084e9cb5137d74b63ef01f4bdd9d36170ddf6ce9e36194fd4551a3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173829/cdc_173829_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.76 MB ]