Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-176-163: Bristol Flowed Gasket Company: Waterbury, Connecticut

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• Personal Author:
  Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Rosensteel, Robert E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Gasketing machine operators, inspectors, mechanics, and press operators are not found to be exposed to toxic levels of toluene (108883). Methyl-chloroform (71556) and xylene (1330207) are found in concentrations far below generally accepted standards for workroom air, a low proportion of workers having reported symptoms which could be attributed to exposure to these solvents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Solvents Xylenes
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Aromatic-hydrocarbons Hazards-Confirmed HHE-73-176-163 Machinists NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Organic-solvents OSHA Region 1 Press Operators Toluene Toxic-substances Urine Hippuric Acid

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)   ; Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)  
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA) ; Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73176163
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Waterbury (CT) ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kupel, Richard E. ; Lowry, Larry K. ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Phipps, Frederick C. ; Morrison, John
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00028659
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246467
• 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 73-176-163, 1974 Dec ; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:78b017a295f2994835e3166a4ff7052e6ac13b7208ea986d224d6b7fb153727d82046a9b047f3198952f5a586f8d3041d2574635688f67c9fc96070d34e75e74
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174105/cdc_174105_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.77 MB ]