Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-98-399: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Plant No. 1: 1144 East Market Street, Akron, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Borcherding, Charles H. Jr. ; Meyer, Channing R. ; Salisbury, Stanley A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation Investigation was conducted by NIOSH at the Plant No. 1, Department 153-G, of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, in Akron, Ohio, on April 9 and September 16, 1975, acting on a request received from an authorized employee representive to the effect that exhaust of dust and paint fumes were polluting the workroom air. Based on environmental measurements, observations, medical studies and interviews with 16 of 30 affected employees it was determined that the solvent vapors, excluding benzene, and air suspended particulates generated from the spray paint application are not toxic to the employees. Two spray painters, one letter painter and one cureman were exposed to benzene vapor concentrations slightly above the recommended concentrations. Recommendations are made for improved work practices, engineering changes to improve spray booth exhaust efficiency or use of water based paint or benzene free paint. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Benzene Carcinogens Dust Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Paint Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Rubber Safety Solvents Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Aromatic-hydrocarbons Benzene Hazard-confirmed HHE-74-98-399 Industrial-plants NIOSH-Author Organic-solvents Paint-spraying Particulates Region 5 Rubber-curing Rubber-industry Spray Paint Toxic-chemicals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7498399
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Akron (OH) ; 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:
  Hatch, Loren L. ; Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kramkowski, Richard S. ; Bloom, Thomas F.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00072185
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-274005
• 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 74-98-399, 1977 Jun ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:654d84a170a4c4c065fd2d63753ef48e076592c84c62c40495c7df3f3b4050d2b05a32b0482df36752a384bbedf9890f0d8a8e62c4b3b47afdde061009259539
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173925/cdc_173925_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.61 MB ]