Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-85-185: M. H. Gall Company: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Details

• Personal Author:
  Straub, Wesley E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A potential health hazard is found to exist in the lamination press area from vinyl-chloride (75014) gas at the concentrations measured during normal operations. NIOSH recommendation includes reduction of air concentrations of vinyl chloride to levels not detectable as determined by the analysis. Employees exposed to measurable concentrations of vinyl chloride are instructed to wear personal respiratory protective equipment approved by NIOSH for such purpose. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Plastics Polymers Safety Ventilation Vinyl Chloride
• Keywords:
  Hazard-Confirmed HHE-74-85-185 Lamination Press NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 3 Personal-protective-equipment Plastics-industry Toxic-substances Vinyl Chloride
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7485185
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Lancaster (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:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Lebrizzi, Joseph M. ; Hudson, Steven L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00038193
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246492
• 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 74-85-185, 1975 Apr ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c17e983593e9c5b8430b5a1a73750b932c446b590bf5803cb0493b7661c5b898f937964065ada17b5e1d8525e1fc895a01ac91a84f5640ebed6a120713837a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174089/cdc_174089_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.42 MB ]