Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-101-376: FMC Corporation: Broomfield, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Acting on a request from the management, a Health Hazard Evaluation survey was conducted by NIOSH on August 27 and September 8, 1976 to determine the potential hazards associated with exposure to methanol (67561), ethyl-acetate (141786), isopropyl-alcohol (67630), trichloroethylene, acetone (67641), Freon-11-R, chloroform (67663), hydrochloric-acid (7647010), nitric-acid (7697372), aluminum-oxide (1344281), and hydrofluoric-acid (7664393) during the manufacturing of semiconductors (SIC-3674) at the FMC Corporation facility in Broomfield, Colorado. Breathing zone samples taken from almost all exposed workers revealed that a health hazard existed at the time of the evaluation to both chloroform and Freon-11-R. When approximately 20 "affected" workers were interviewed, one complained about previous exposures to hydrofluoric-acid, resulting in some nerve damage in the fingers, and one claimed minor irritation from exposure to hydrochloric-acid. At the time of the evaluation, two workers were overexposed to Freon-11-R and chloroform, respectively. Recommendations are made for preventing recurrence of the incidents reported, by using respirators, improving local exhaust ventilation, and by stressing better work practices. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Butanones Carcinogens Chlorine Compounds Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane Dust Environmental Monitoring Hydrocarbons Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Safety Solvents Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Chlorinated-ethylenes Chloroform Fluorinated-hydrocarbons Freon-11 Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals HHE-76-101-376 Inorganic-acids Ketones Metallic-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 8

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE76101376
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Broomfield (CO) ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Reno, Stanley J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00069424
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-270858
• 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 76-101-376, 1977 Mar ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methanol (CAS RN 67-56-1) ; Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Chloroform (CAS RN 67-66-3) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Nitric acid (CAS RN 7697-37-2) ; Aluminum oxide (CAS RN 1344-28-1) ; Hydrogen fluoride (CAS RN 7664-39-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3674 - Semiconductors and related devices - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1925b2d6b31419e599576cfe37c66bc96f9e1e1e309b63af26009c8de6e27883b3d6c88604893ecb7c4b29c94f6c3aef8bfed41417462537c7cd3cf37629f609
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173949/cdc_173949_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.97 MB ]