Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-147-318: Westinghouse Electric Corporation: East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Gilles, Dawn M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Acting on a request by the employees of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. (SIC-3079), East Pittsburg, Pa., regarding the occurrence of skin and respiratory disorders among workers exposed to epoxy resins and other substances, an environmental-medical study was carried out to determine whether any substances normally found in the place of employment has potentially toxic effects in such concentrations as used or found. The results obtained show that a minimal but potential hazard exists due to contact with 2 epoxy resins systems. Patch testing showed that 37 percent of the workers tested had some type of reaction, including 11 percent who had a sensitization reaction. These findings were confirmed by a review of medical records of employees working in the same department. A potential health hazard is also considered to exist from exposure via vapor inhalation and direct contact with the JZ resin. There was no evidence of a health hazard resulting from exposure to 1,1,1- trichloroethane (71556), lead (7439921), tin (7440315), naphtha and xylene (1330207). Recommendations are made to correct the prevailing conditions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chlorine Compounds Dermatitis Diagnosis Electricity Environmental Monitoring Hypersensitivity Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases Solvents Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Chlorinated-ethanes Diagnostic-tests Electrical-industry Epoxy Resin Generator Construction Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals HHE-75-147-318 Industrial-plants Medical-examinations NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health Organic-solvents OSHA Region 3 Sensitization Skin-disorders Skin-tests Skin Rash Synthetic-resins

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75147318
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; East Pittsburgh (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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Hatch, Loren L. ; Lucas, James B. ; Meyer, Channing R. ; Perone, Vernon B. ; Burroughs, G. Edward ; Grote, Ardith A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056654
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-264802
• 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 75-147-318, 1976 Aug ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Tin (CAS RN 7440-31-5) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3079 - Miscellaneous Plastics Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:87b579b7216ddf122f13558da8c1589b826b15bd23571d97c43518c7de604b91d1a2871c00d21b14d475c2b75e1a254c340ca3200671833ede8e680579580625
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174009/cdc_174009_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 552.02 KB ]