Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-4-175: Olin Corporation: Pisgah, Forest, North Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical evaluation of a process for the coating of cellophane film reveals that employees receive short exposures to high concentrations of toluene (108883), tetrahydrofuran (109999), and isopropyl-alcohol (67630), with reversible symptoms of dizziness, headache, and eye irritation. Recommendations are made for local ventilation around dip tanks and use of respiratory protective equipment when cleaning equipment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Pollution Headache Nervous System Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Aromatic-hydrocarbons Dizziness Environmental-contaminants Eye Irritation Hazards-Unconfirmed Headache HHE-74-4-175 Isopropyl Alcohol NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Organic-solvents OSHA Region 4 Tetrahydrofuran Toluene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE744175
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Pisgah Forest (NC) ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Lucas, James B. ; Grote, Ardith A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00036281
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246481
• 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 74-4-175, 1975 Feb ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Tetrahydrofuran (CAS RN 109-99-9) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:055a8dab4feccd32f4a9f14daf645749178bab333a6ef015665cba82fa5bd0edd5320beac541f472576b2e5c1ffe65ca3acb854f476a03c598eee5289979f534
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174099/cdc_174099_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.81 MB ]