Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-86-114: Swiss Cleansing Company: Providence, Rhode Island

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• Personal Author:
  Eddleston, Melvin T. ; Polakoff, Phillip L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental survey and medical evaluation of workers in a dry cleaning industry reveal potential toxic levels of tetrachloroethylene (127184). Workers' symptomology includes dizziness, fatigue, nausea, and eye irritation. Recommendations include additional ventilation and use of respirators when cleaning the solvent distiller filter. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Hydrocarbons Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Solvents Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Dry Cleaning Fumes Hazard-Confirmed HHE-73-86-114 Neurological-disorders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Organic-solvents OSHA Region 1 Perchloroethylene-PERK Personal-protective-equipment Tetrachloroethylene Toxicity Urinary Test

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7386114
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Rhode Island ; Providence (RI) ; OSHA Region 1
• 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. ; Hendricks, Russell H. ; Froelich, Carol ; Masters, Naomi
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027292
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-232742
• 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 73-86-114, 1974 Mar ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:adeac8f8f0b1a4aff037b0590739cde87a1fcf482f4d1b1a82648e0bbf8c7a60e9b2f5117b145b254c75fddfd15b8db6f4936513bdf49051a25c5bb8b8f60bed
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174158/cdc_174158_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.68 MB ]