Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 72-96-237: Trans World Airlines Main Overhaul Facility, Kansas City International Airport: Kansas City, Missouri 64195

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• Personal Author:
  Hervin, Raymond L. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Workers directly involved in spray painting large commercial aircraft (SIC-5084) are found to be exposed to toxic concentrations of organic solvents and isocyanate compounds during such operations. Environmental measurements indicate levels of specific organic solvents such as methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), toluene (108883) and cellosolve-acetate, exceed the threshold limit values. Significant concentrations of hexamethylene-diisocyanate and the biuret compounds of hexamethylene-diisocyanate were measured. A significant increase in symptoms of eye irritation, nasal- irritation, throat irritation and chest discomfort is found in workers engaged in spray painting when compared to non-exposed workers. Recommendations are included which are designed to reduce exposure to these agents to a minimum. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asthma Asthma, Occupational Butanones Hazardous Substances Isocyanates Occupational Health Paint Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Solvents Toluene

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-control Aromatic-hydrocarbons Cellosolve Acetate Hazards-Confirmed HHE-72-96-237 HMDI Isocyanates Ketones Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic Solvents OSHA Region 7 Painters Spray Painting TDI Toluene Toxic-substances

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7296237
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; Kansas City (MO) ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  36 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Vandervort, Robert ; Markel, Harry L. Jr. ; Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Ullman, David L. ; Rostand, Robert A. ; Steffen, Veronica ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Seymour, Martha J. ; Kupel, Richard E. ; Teass, Alexander W. ; Larkin, Robert L. ; Hendricks, Russell H.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00051760
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249417
• 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 72-96-237, 1975 Nov ; :1-36
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Biuret (CAS RN 108-19-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5084 - Industrial machinery and equipment - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e3e484dd358108b0423367361b75c266659dfb0993c316c66f9340c9fb8323d319f1ef8a1bb1ee83c35f5cc51365a5587f78a4236bd49ad0828d368d6c25adc2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174045/cdc_174045_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.93 MB ]