Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report 72-76-137: General Electric Company: Hickory, North Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Lucas, James B. ; Markel, Harry L. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Evaluation of the hazard of exposure to xylene (1330207), hydrogen chloride (7647010), and zinc chloride (7646857) in a circuit breaker sub-assembly area. Workers experienced eye irritation, injected conjunctivae, sore throats, and frequent headaches. Environmental sampling after minor ventilation system improvements revealed workroom air concentrations of xylene, hydrogen chloride, and zinc chloride to be below existing standards. The concentration of a mold release agent containing aliphatic and hydrocarbon solvents in the mode release work area is cited as less than the manufacturer's recommended threshold limit value. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Electricity Eye Diseases Irritants Occupational Health Safety Solvents Xylenes
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Electrical-industry Eye-disorders Eye And Upper Respiratory Tract Irritation Fumes Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-72-76-137 Hydrogen Chloride NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Organic-solvents OSHA Region 4 Xylene Zinc Chloride

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7276137
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Hickory (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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Hendricks, Russell H. ; Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027950
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246440
• 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 72-76-137, 1974 May ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Zinc chloride (CAS RN 7646-85-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:47e068af1b90afbaa72ca0be5f431fb8b2168295c56eae7680cbd38ad941161b881710d21262dc4b8c112dd8176c95aa01454e86179427339f9df1692ac99392
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174137/cdc_174137_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.47 MB ]