Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-135-226: GAF Corporation, Equipment Manufacturing Plant: Vestal, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Rivera, Raymond O.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Based upon environmental air samples, employee interviews, evaluation of work procedures, ventilation system and available toxicity information, at a manufacturing plant engaged in the fabrication of duplicating equipment (SIC-3579), the following conclusions were drawn: the cleaning tank worker is exposed to toxic concentrations of methylene-chloride (75092)
  
  the methyl-ethyl- ketone (78933) parts cleaning operation in the spray paint room poses a potential health hazard
  
  the automatic production cleaning does not constitute a health hazard
  
  the spray paint operation does not constitute a health hazard
  
  at least one welder is exposed to potentially toxic welding fumes concentration and a second to potentially toxic fluoride concentrations
  
  grinders exposure to nuisance dust did not pose a health hazard at the concentrations measured during this evaluation. Recommendations to ameliorate those situations which were considered a potential health hazard are included. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Butanones Chlorine Compounds Dermatitis Dust Environmental Monitoring Fluorides Hydrocarbons Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Methylene Chloride Occupational Health Safety Skin Solvents Toxicology Ventilation Welding Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Chlorinated-methanes Dust-control Fluoride Hazards-Confirmed HHE-74-135-226 Industrial-processes Mechanical-cleaning Methylene Chloride Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Odors Organic-solvents OSHA Region 2 Solvent-cleaning Spray Paint Booth Welding Fume Work-practices Working-conditions

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE74135226
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Vestal (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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Gilles, Dawn M. ; Ruhe, Raymond L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00049986
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249406
• 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 74-135-226, 1975 Oct ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3579 - Office machines, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3534d9f9def5d1b845d2ff4686703d7efecfdbd6fab41162db8ea930989f706288d217836470cb97778189c2a93ac3ce829ebc426ed169cc18be4fcf230122e0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174052/cdc_174052_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.36 MB ]