Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-146-254: Custom Furniture and Cabinets, Inc.: Post Falls, Idaho

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• Personal Author:
  Apol, Arvin G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on August 19-20, 1975, at the Custom Furniture and Cabinets, Inc., a facility engaged in the manufacturing of custom built kitchen cabinets (SIC-2434). The survey was prompted by a request from the management regarding exposure to solvent vapors present in the paint room. It was determined that the air concentration of acetone (67641), aliphatic naphtha, ethylene-glycol monoethyl-ether-acetate (110496), isopropyl-alcohol (67630), and toluene (108883) were toxic. This determination was based on air concentrations that ranged from 0.32 to 2.18 times the current accepted exposure limits, and on questionnaire information obtained from exposed employees which revealed the presence of eye irritation, dizziness, light- headedness, headaches and dry hands. Recommendations are made for improving work practices and exhaust ventilation, as well as for the establishment of a respirator program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Acetone Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Eye Foreign Bodies Headache Interior Design And Furnishings Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Methyl N-Butyl Ketone Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Skin Solvents Toluene Ventilation Wood

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Aliphatic Naphtha Aromatic-hydrocarbons Butyl Alcohol Cabinetmaking Dizziness Dry Hands Ethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether Acetate Eye Irritation Furniture-industry Hazard-Confirmed Headaches HHE-75-146-254 Industrial-plants Isopropyl Alcohol Light-Headedness M-Butyl Acetate Methyl Isobutyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents OSHA Region 10 Woodworking-industry

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75146254
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Idaho ; Post Falls (ID) ; OSHA Region 10
• 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.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00075005
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-166573
• 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 75-146-254, 1976 Jan ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (CAS RN 110-49-6) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2434 - Wood kitchen cabinets - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:80951799262eb6ec91a87d9dc481a1f6032af05de377905ccf9af70afe98bc0ebd147ce0c99268b4e8214e1c8b07c9d0fd4a596755b18253338d7971f278cc36
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173879/cdc_173879_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 466.73 KB ]