Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-158-299: Federal Products Corporation: Providence, Rhode Island

Details

• Personal Author:
  Geissert, Jack O.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on October 22-24, 1975, and January 27-29, 1976, at Federal Products, Providence, Rhode Island, a facility engaged in the manufacture of precision linear instruments (SIC-3545) and their accessories. The survey was prompted by a request from the employer regarding employee exposure to a variety of dusts, fumes and vapors. Measurements of workplace concentrations of airborne chemicals, evaluation of process operations and control measures, medical interviews, and a review of the pertinent literature led to the conclusion that exposures of employees to ammonia (7664417), beryllium (7440417), chromic-acid (7738945), lead (7439921), methyl- ethyl-ketone (78933), fumes, nitric-acid (7697372), nuisance dusts, oil mist, sodium-hydroxide (1310732), toluene-diisocyanate (1321386), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556), 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2- trifluoroethane (354585), welding fumes, mahogany wood dust and wood dust, and operations in the print shop, dark room and lapping were not toxic to employees. Employee exposure to free silica (7631869) at the vacu-blast operation was potentially toxic. Recommendations are made to reduce the dermatitis experienced by employees in some departments. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Alkalies Ammonia Chlorine Compounds Dermatitis Dust Enflurane Environmental Monitoring Halothane Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide Skin Skin Diseases Solvents Toluene Ventilation

  More +
• Keywords:
  1,1,1-trichloroethane Degreaser Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Ammonia Assembly Chlorinated-ethanes Chrome Plating Finishing Fluorinated-ethanes Gage Components Halogenated-hydrocarbons Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-75-158-299 Industrial-plants Inorganic-acids Lead Machining NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents OSHA Region 1 Precision Linear Instruments Silica Skin-disorders Solder Welding Welding Fume Particulate

  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75158299
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Rhode Island ; Providence (RI) ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  30 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Chrostek, Walter J. ; Hollett, Bruce A. ; Kingsley, Irving
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00075007
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-174061
• 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 75-158-299, 1976 Jun ; :1-31
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ammonia (anhydrous) (CAS RN 7664-41-7) ; Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7) ; Chromic acid (CAS RN 7738-94-5) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Methyl ethyl ketone [MEK] (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Concentrated Nitric acid (70%) (CAS RN 7697-37-2) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Toluene diisocyanate (CAS RN 1321-38-6) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane (CAS RN 354-58-5) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3545 - Machine tool accessories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8626f6bc6f40d4283447b31e1f5cd25f007cc55ecbbf496c323027ecc255d7507ddaf2551d7b23279eb672d0b25ce9828232408943cd4f5d7da0b05c7e4d9675
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173877/cdc_173877_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.77 MB ]