Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-145-327: Formica Corporation: Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burroughs, G. Edward ; Thomasino, Joseph
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental sampling and medical evaluation were conducted at the Resin Plant, Filler Treating, Filler Sorting, Collating, Graining and Press areas of the Formica Corporation (SIC-2821) in Cincinnati, Ohio, regarding potential employee exposure to phenol (108952), formaldehyde (50000), isopropyl-alcohol (67630), triethylamine (121448), ethylene-glycol-monoethyl-ether, isopropylacetate, and n- propylacetate (109604). A relatively high percentage of symptoms and signs of eye, skin and mucous membrane irritation, though not statistically significant, may indicate some acute irritant effects under certain conditions or in sensitive individuals. The evidence does not indicate chronic health effects due to any of the materials investigated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Ethylamines Lung Occupational Health Phenol Plastics Respiratory System Safety Sense Organs Skin Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Dermititis Ethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether Eye, Skin And Mucous Membrane Irritation Eye-irritation Formaldehyde Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-75-145-327 Isopropyl Acetate Isopropyl Alcohol N-propylacetate NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health OSHA Region 5 Phenol Plastics-industry Respiratory-irritation Skin-irritation Triethylamine

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75145327
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Cincinnati (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:
  25 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Gilles, Dawn M. ; Hollett, Bruce A. ; Kominsky, John R. ; Rostand, Robert A. ; Lerner, Sidney ; Carson, Arch
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00057193
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-269134
• 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 75-145-327, 1976 Sep ; :1-25
• CAS Registry Number:
  Phenol (CAS RN 108-95-2) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Triethylamine (CAS RN 121-44-8) ; n-Propyl acetate (CAS RN 109-60-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2821 - Plastics materials and resins - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:34213e09b07699afcf7f551a6603ecf3cf620bac13b341434cae475dde3bc585bac80ad11e242286c5ff1641fb0a5790112b8cba427b0cb700d3fb601ee5c615
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173999/cdc_173999_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.77 MB ]