Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-134-98: Artcraft Company: Los Angeles, California 90063

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• Personal Author:
  Bodner, Arnold H. ; Okawa, Melvin T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental measurements in the work place, employee interviews, and analysis of the working conditions at a facility producing mass paintings for consumers reveals that the concentrations of methyl ethyl ketone (78933), toluene (108883), n-butyl acetate (123864), isopropyl alcohol (67630), and xylene (1330207) during normal operating conditions are not toxic. Recommendations are made that only organic vapor respirators be used in the plant, together with the establishment of a respirator maintenance program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Solvents Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Acrylics Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Art Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-73-134-98 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Oils Organic-solvents OSHA Region 9 Painting Respiratory-protective-equipment Solvents Toxic-substances Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7313498
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Los Angeles (CA) ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  4 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027302
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-232584
• 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 73-134-98, 1972 Dec ; 1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; n-Butyl acetate (CAS RN 123-86-4) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ac550d9f33bdbc3faeea40d2caecd0053c28656b86dd6449b25d65564f0db6c9ea3e736ba4d2ce9ac09a6d5416fb33ea0dbace7ccb2f12ba26f23f0b7bd87ec1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174148/cdc_174148_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 817.43 KB ]