Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-10-258: Western Electric Company: Reading, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on February 19, 1974, and January 29, 1975, at Western Electric Company, in Reading, Pennsylvania. The survey was prompted by a request from an authorized representative of the approximately 25 affected employees regarding exposure to inhalation of dust during injection molding (SIC-3079) of epoxy resins. Environmental sampling, medical interviews, and examination of the skin of some of the workers revealed that although airborne concentrations of epoxy resin dust were not excessive in the work atmosphere, there is evidence of dermatitis in a few individuals which is probably job related. The causative agent is a black or grey epoxy resin purchased under different trade names. Information received from the management disclosed that no asbestos (1332214) was present. However, minute amounts of fibrous glass were incorporated in one of the resins. Concentrations of air contaminants were not excessive. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asbestos Dermatitis Dust Environmental Monitoring Epoxy Resins Inorganic Chemicals Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Asbestos Dust-inhalation Electronics-industry Epichlorohydrin Epoxy-compounds Epoxy Resin Fibrous Glass Hazard-Confirmed HHE-74-10-258 Industrial-plants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 Plastics-manufacturing Skin-disorders

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7410258
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Reading (PA) ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Holtz, John L. ; Hudson, Steven L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074988
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-166060
• 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 74-10-258, 1976 Jan ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3079 - Miscellaneous Plastics Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c0670c9fac394ed93f1a929e2a9a6f95db3df81d56a0a600fd3450e3c2013cd1776085e790ab873e0e1d3e24a901e4373175332f43594ebc7f731e3428348a0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173896/cdc_173896_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.05 MB ]