Health Hazard Determination Report No. 74-65-230: General Electric Company: Rockford, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Bloom, Thomas F. ; Rostand, Robert A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Based on environmental measurements taken, medical interviews with affected employees, and chemical data supplied by the manufacturer, airborne concentrations of toluene (108883), xylene (108383), n- butyl-alcohol (71363), isobutyl-acetate, and of benzene (71432) used in the spray paint area of a section of the General Electric Company (SIC-4911), Rockford, Illinois are not found to be toxic in the conditions found. Recommendations include installation of a visible gauge or indicating device "across" the filter to indicate the pressure differential. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Electricity Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Solvents Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Aromatic-hydrocarbons Benzene Electrical-industry Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-74-65-230 Isobutyl Acetate N-butyl Alcohol NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Paint Toluene Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7465230
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Rockford (IL) ; 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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Borcherding, Charles H. Jr.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00051766
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249410
• 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 74-65-230, 1975 Nov ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; m-Xylene (CAS RN 108-38-3) ; n-Butanol (CAS RN 71-36-3) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4911 - Electric services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:70f5cf6ac5723308f6305618f2648a0d4d78df7c6ccb79df819653b22570095b809f7722692e085ecb6f96b985bcba3746c58944a30ce49ea6a53e166c6692d7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174039/cdc_174039_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.28 MB ]