Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-17-395: The Hayes & Albion Company: Spencerville, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Andersen, Laura ; Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on April 1-2 and July 27-29, 1976, at the Hayes and Albion Company, Spencerville, Ohio, a plant engaged in the manufacturing of automobile trim and side molding (SIC-2396). An authorized employee representative requested the investigation for worker exposure to chemicals in the Anodizing Department, Stripping Room, Paint Room, Vinyl Assembly and Final Assembly area. On the basis of environmental sampling it has been determined that exposure to chromic-acid, sulfuric-acid (7664939), nitric-acid (7697372), methylene-chloride (75092), ethanol (64175), sodium-hydroxide, methyl-ethyl-ketone, toluene (108883), acetone (67641), carbon- monoxide (630080) and vinyl-chloride (75014) did not exceed recommended environmental criteria within the worksite areas. However, based on the answers to medical questionnaires completed by 30 affected workers, it is believed that workers in the spray painting and stripping areas may occasionally be exposed to excessive concentrations of methylene-chloride, methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933) and toluene, which are known to produce nose, throat and skin irritation. Recommendations are made for the use of respirators, establishing hazard educational programs, and servicing of exhaust ventilation systems to insure that they are operating at maximum efficiency. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Butanones Digestive System Diseases Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Methylene Chloride Occupational Health Safety Skin Toluene Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Hazard-Unconfirmed Headaches HHE-76-17-395 Industrial-plants Irritation Methylene Chloride Methyl Ethyl Ketone Nausea NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Paint Stripping Spray Painting Toluene Toxic-chemicals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7617395
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Spencerville (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:
  28 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kominsky, John R. ; Schutte, Norbert P. ; Burg, Jeanne R. ; Lowe, Dorothy ; Perkins, James B.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00070667
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273736
• 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 76-17-395, 1977 May ; :1-28
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9) ; Nitric acid (CAS RN 7697-37-2) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Ethanol (CAS RN 64-17-5) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2396 - Automotive and apparel trimmings - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0ac6e61b6f02118edf57dd8fa8193b423b76f91a582db6e56edc948fc92f0c5a8f361884800b40c0bc7f76d5dc25f0adbf158c4a19be31f610f5779b362a5697
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173933/cdc_173933_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.51 MB ]