Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-88-457: Galion Amco, Inc.: Galion, Ohio

Details

• Personal Author:
  Gilles, Dawn M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An evaluation of screw machine shop operations at Galion Amco, Inc. (SIC-3457), which included the use of presses, plating machines, vapor degreasers, cutting oils and water soluble cleaners was made. Galion Amco mass produces precision machined metal components according to customers' specifications. Samples were obtained in workers' breathing zones and in selected areas of potential maximum concentration. Oil mist samples were collected for straight oils on filters. Samples for the synthetic oils were collected on AA filters at 1.5lpm. The degreasers and parts washing were evaluated by collecting charcoal tube samples for 1,1,1 trichloroethane (71556) and stoddard solvents. Samples collected at the plating operations were all area samples. Impingers containing hydrochloric- acid (7647010) were operated at a flow rate of 1lpm to sample for sodium-hydroxide (1310732). Samples for hydrochloric-acid were taken in impingers containing sodium-acetate at 1lpm. Samples for cyanide (74908) were collected in sodium-hydroxide (1310732) at 1lpm. To evaluate the spray painting operation charcoal tube samples for methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933) (MEK) were taken at a flow rate of 50cc/min. In addition, nondirected medical interviews were conducted with 17 employees who worked with the cutting oils or coolants. Employee exposures to airborne concentrations of most investigated toxins did not pose a health hazard at the concentrations measured. A potential health hazard does exist due to employees skin contact with cutting oils and coolants. Recommendations are provided to help eliminate the problem. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Butanones Environmental Monitoring Lubricants Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Skin Skin Diseases Sodium Hydroxide Solvents

  More +
• Keywords:
  1,1,1 Trichloroethane Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Cadmium Chromic Acid Cutting Oils Cyanide Hazards-Confirmed HHE-77-88-457 Hydrochloric Acid Industrial-hygiene Inorganic-acids Ketones MEK NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitric Acid Occupational-health Oil-mists Oil Acne Oil Mist OSHA Region 5 Phosphoric Skin-disorders Sodium Hydroxide Stoddard Solvents

  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7788457
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Galion (OH) ; 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Burroughs, G. Edward ; Elesh, W. Elva ; Bolyard, Michele L. ; Morris, Linda
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080143
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-194002
• 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 77-88-457, 1978 Jan ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Hydrogen cyanide (CAS RN 74-90-8) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  345 - Screw Machine Products, Bolts, Etc. - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5f0e548459ce79adbee9a70afc8da463ef0468b3d0814afe40c6904c4035b2073d2f1ac02a7211c5b104ebdc8ed39f6dd8591f0b267b1b8f0a0ec7bd4496496e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173832/cdc_173832_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.50 MB ]