Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-124-127: Schnadig Corporation: Cornelia, Georgia

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• Personal Author:
  Wagner, William L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental evaluation and employee interviews at the plastics department of a furniture mill reveal that the levels of exposure to styrene (100425) and methylene chloride (75092) do not present health hazards. A minimal potential hazard exists from exposure to naphtha vapors resulting not from the concentrations measured, but from the work practices in effect at the time of evaluation. Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (1338234) concentrations were not evaluated, for lack of satisfactory analytical and sampling techniques. A case of rash is reported in one worker. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Hydrocarbons Hypersensitivity Interior Design And Furnishings Methyl Chloride Methylene Chloride Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Petroleum Plastics Safety Skin Skin Diseases Styrene

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Allergies Analytical-methods Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Chloromethanes Employee-exposure Furniture-industry Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-73-124-127 Industrial-chemicals Mold Wax Naphtha NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 4 Petroleum-distillates Petroleum Distillate Plastics-manufacturing Skin-disorders

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73124127
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Cornelia (GA) ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Wisner, Bert T. ; Lucero, Tano P. ; Schultz, Gerald R.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027300
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-232737
• 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 73-124-127, 1974 Mar ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (CAS RN 1338-23-4) ; Petroleum ether (CAS RN 8030-30-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2511 - Wood household furniture - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a23e004497d79ef9ddbdedf2100f706b74d2eaa022c0ff085d049fee90259343dc557fdf265ba282ac6b1583158964311487466babeb6b11badcc7a0913d146f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174150/cdc_174150_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 320.73 KB ]