Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-9-345: W. R. Case and Sons Cutlery Company: Bradford, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Meyer, Channing R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation determination performed at a cutlery manufacturing plant (SIC-3421) revealed that employees at the hafting operation are exposed to concentrations of wood, cowhide and aluminum (1344281) oxide dusts in excess of the recommended levels of nuisance dust. The suspected relationship of wood dust and leather dust to excess nasal cancer mandates reduction of exposure to minimal or zero levels. Exposures to airborne concentrations of trichloroethylene (79016), perchloroethylene (127184), paint solvent consisting of toluene (108883), isobutyl-acetate (123864) and butyl- cellosolve (111762), toluolisopropanol and oil mists were found to be below the acceptable concentrations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Chlorine Compounds Dermatitis Dust Environmental Monitoring Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Skin Solvents Toxicology Ventilation Wood

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Aluminum Oxide Chlorinated-ethylenes Cowhide Dust-control Dusts Exposure-limits Hafting Operation Hazards-Confirmed HHE-76-9-345 Nasal Cancer NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Nuisance Dust Oil Mist Organic-solvents OSHA Region 3 Respirable-dust Sodium Nitrite Volatile Organic Compounds

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE769345
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Bradford (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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Geissert, Jack O. ; Hudson, Steven L. ; Lee, H. B. ; Holtz, John L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00057816
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-269143
• 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 76-9-345, 1976 Nov ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Aluminum oxide (CAS RN 1344-28-1) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; n-Butyl acetate (CAS RN 123-86-4) ; 2-Butoxyethanol (CAS RN 111-76-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3421 - Cutlery - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3404f50f614c04a94cb953c9e565f9bd7cee337bb848489d42aeb77d65714031e28de3f4d1b1d15c3f0c97e4c39d0ca29be89e08a3460e5ec8e6eddafee3c4a3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173978/cdc_173978_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.36 MB ]