Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-63-449: McDonnell Aircraft Company: St. Louis, Missouri

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• Personal Author:
  Belanger, Pierre L. ; Collins, Clinton ; Dyches, Tim ; Hervin, Raymond L. ; Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Stroman, Raymond E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation was conducted by NIOSH on July 11-14, 1977, at the McDonnell Aircraft Company (SIC-3728) in St. Louis, Missouri. The survey was prompted by a request from an authorized representative of the approximately 77 affected workers, to determine whether any substance normally found in the place of employment has potentially toxic effects in such concentrations as used or found. Medical evaluation of employees and environmental sampling revealed that employees were not exposed to toxic concentrations of iron-oxide (1317619), nickel (7440020), chromium (7782505), sulfuric-acid (7664939), sodium-hydroxide (1310732), hydrochloric-acid (7647010), hydrofluoric-acid (7664393), nitric- acid (7697372), hydrogen-sulfide (7783064), sulfur-dioxide (7446095), nitrogen-dioxide (10102440), nitric-oxide (10102439), toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), benzene (71432), refined petroleum solvents, tetrachloroethylene (127184), acetone (67641) and styrene (100425). Workers in the masking operations may occasionally be exposed to organic solvents, while workers in the etching operations may be exposed to acids and nitrogen oxides which may have produced medical symptoms. No definite conclusion could be reached in regard to the occupational nature of the high mortality rate recorded in one department. Recommendations for improving existing conditions are made. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerospace Medicine Alkalies Chlorine Compounds Dermatitis Environmental Monitoring Metals, Heavy Nitrogen Oxides Occupational Health Safety Skin Smokers Solvents Sulfur Compounds Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Aerospace-industry Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Chlorinated-ethylenes Etching Operations Hazard-Unconfirmed Heavy-metals HHE-77-63-449 Industrial-hygiene Inorganic-acids NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitric Acid Nitric Oxide Nitrogen-oxides Nitrogen Dioxide Organic-solvents Organic Solvents OSHA Region 7 Sulfur-oxides

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7763449
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; St. Louis (MO) ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  27 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Dollberg, Donald D. ; Holtz, John L. ; Billets, Stephen ; Kim, Soo Wang ; Bolyard, Michele L. L. ; Kupel, Richard E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00076128
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-278058
• 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 77-63-449, 1977 Dec ; :1-27
• CAS Registry Number:
  Iron(II,III) oxide (CAS RN 1317-61-9) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Chlorine (CAS RN 7782-50-5) ; Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Hydrogen fluoride (CAS RN 7664-39-3) ; Nitric acid (CAS RN 7697-37-2) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0) ; Nitric oxide (CAS RN 10102-43-9) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3728 - Aircraft parts and equipment, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ecad69226807dbc7a37a014597114bdfe269f09027145a12399ebc798a329f7af388de68308b38de43f5016ce881ea3bbebcca6bb6c09d9ed8e18191fff57b32
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173862/cdc_173862_DS1.pdf
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