Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-12-418: Airtex Products: Fairfield, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Anania, Thomas L. ; Gilles, Dawn M. ; Ilka, Richard
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on March 2-3, 1977, at the Airtex Products plant, in Fairfield, Illinois, a facility engaged in the manufacture of automobile replacement parts (SIC-3714). The survey was prompted by a request from an authorized representative of the about 200 affected employees regarding exposure to solvents. Environmental air samples, employee interviews, evaluation of ventilation systems and available toxicity information lead to the conclusion that exposures to monochlorobenzene (108907), isopropyl-alcohol (67630), methyl- ethyl-ketone (78933), toluene (108883), trichloroethylene (79016), sodium-hydroxide (1310732), phosgene (75445), zinc-oxide, cadmium (7440439), fluorides, hydrochloric-acid (7647010), and oil mist did not pose a health hazard at the concentrations measured at the time of evaluation. It is felt that the cause of the problems (such as nausea, dizziness, headaches, breathing difficulties, nose bleeds, etc.) at Airtex is a multifactorial one and involves an inefficient ventilation system which combines with the employees lack of information regarding the materials they use to cause fear and anxiety, and subsequent appearance of the types of problems reported. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chlorine Compounds Dust Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mental Health Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Solvents Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Anxiety Aromatic-hydrocarbons Chlorinated-benzenes Chlorinated-ethylenes Hazard-Unconfirmed Heavy-metals HHE-77-12-418 Industrial-plants Inorganic-acids Metallic-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents OSHA Region 5 Psychological-factors Ventilation System

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7712418
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Fairfield (IL) ; 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:
  20 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Schutte, Norbert P. ; Langenbrunner, Sandra ; Nurre, Dorothy E. ; Holthaus, Marie A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074929
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-182000
• 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 77-12-418, 1977 Sep ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chlorobenzene (CAS RN 108-90-7) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Phosgene (CAS RN 75-44-5) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3714 - Motor vehicle parts and accessories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ea2f43e43713438d8ba041627e20ded3a64e78fe89f7f67efc8788fdb65b6f9b37c1539d3e530494befe327a3a2d26d842409ae2bcfae5313363d868301cb653
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173911/cdc_173911_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.62 MB ]