Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-12-321: Cooper Union School of Art: New York, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Levy, Beth S. B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental investigations were conducted at the Cooper Union School of Art (SIC-8299), in order to evaluate the exposure to materials used by artists and craftsmen. The results show that exposures to crystalline silica (7631869), benzene, methyl- cellosolve-acetate (110496), and lead (7439921) are potentially toxic at concentrations measured during the evaluation. Mineral spirits, lithotine, benzene (71432), toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), acetone (67641), acetic-acid (64197), nitric-acid (7697372), and styrene (100425), as found in the printmaking areas and plastics molding room, were determined to be nontoxic. Concentrations of wood dust in the woodworking shop are believed to be capable of producing transient irritation of the respiratory tract. Exposures to fumes of copper (7440508), tin (7440315), and zinc (7440666) in the metals casting area were determined to be nontoxic. Recommendation are made for the improvement and control of the hazards. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Acetamides Acetates Benzene Dust Environmental Monitoring Lead Lung Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Silicon Dioxide Solvents Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Acetic Acid Acetone Air-quality-measurement Art School Benzene Benzine Crystalline Silica Exposure-limits Hazards-Confirmed Heavy-metals HHE-75-12-321 Industrial-plants Inorganic-acids Lead Lithotine Methyl Cellosolve Acetate Mineral Spirits NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitric Acid Occupational-health Organic-acids Organic-solvents OSHA Region 2 Respiratory-irritation Silica-dusts Styrene Toluene Wood Dust Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7512321
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; New York (NY) ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  24 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kingsley, Irving ; Philbin, Eileen J. ; Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Ruhe, Raymond L. ; Grote, Ardith A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056657
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273713
• 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 75-12-321, 1976 Aug ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (CAS RN 110-49-6) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Acetic acid (CAS RN 64-19-7) ; Concentrated Nitric acid (70%) (CAS RN 7697-37-2) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Tin (CAS RN 7440-31-5) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8299 - Schools & educational services, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8245bbfa62f83b812fdc39be5bab9669f25fa7e7e72e491b8ccbe59faa451291b986b6e66355d8600ff34ac521687467ade1ae8d4ae354f8d8e2e2f2abe86eac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174006/cdc_174006_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.97 MB ]