Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-146-222: American Can Company: Lemoyne, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Based on the results of an observational and environmental evaluation conducted by NIOSH in the coating department of a fiber and container manufacturing plant (SIC-3221), it has been determined that atmospheric concentrations of methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), carbon-monoxide (630080), and carbon-dioxide (124389) exposures were not present in concentrations hazardous to employees. However, the use of solvents for cleaning rolls without proper skin protection can cause dermatitis, and thus, constitutes a potential health hazard. The use of impermeable gloves should alleviate this problem. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Butanones Dermatitis Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Preventive Medicine Safety Skin Skin Diseases Solvents Toxicology

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Carbon Dioxide Carbon Monoxide Control-measures Dermatitis Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-74-146-222 Inorganic-gases Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents OSHA Region 3 Personal-protective-equipment PPE Preventive-medicine Skin-disorders Toluene Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE74146222
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Lemoyne (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:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Chrostek, Walter J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00049987
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249402
• 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 74-146-222, 1975 Sep ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3221 - Glass containers - (SIC) ; 5085 - Industrial supplies - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cc80f6c893d463ee19d2b669d844cf3f37a4cd442cab74a6361b34bb060d992ee17b3e0390c7a2ed5cc5fc5a1fd003290b89491773859770f3f04555235fc177
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174051/cdc_174051_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB ]