Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-23-216: Air Products and Chemicals Inc.: Hometown, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposure to ethylene-glycol mist during tank cleaning and filling operation in an air products and chemical company is not found to be excessive based on the analysis of airborne samples, observation of the work practices and nondirected medical questionnaires. A report of irritation to the employees from exhaust fumes results in the discontinuation of the use of the steam jenny. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Ethylene Glycol Exhaust-ventilation Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-74-23-216 Hydrochloric Acid NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 3 Steam Cleaning Toxic-fumes

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7423216
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Hometown (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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Larkin, Robert L. ; Cromer, John W. Jr.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00048842
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249396
• 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 74-23-216, 1975 Aug ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethylene glycol (CAS RN 107-21-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a707cc9124eed322123653d5f36dd543bd02c83e589c69ef94a86d2f83d12384f92c09272f07405d41baa4d20112d5621971a356b94b5e4b8b4f70a1070a2fdf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174067/cdc_174067_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 905.79 KB ]