Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-5-110: Cummins Northeastern Incorporated: Dedham, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Ramos, Henry
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental evaluation reveals that employee exposure to phenol (108952), cresol, methylene-chloride (75092) and sodium-hydroxide (1310732) mist found in the cleaning room and chassis cleaning area of a maintenance shop engaged in servicing diesel engines are not toxic. Medical interviews fail to elicit relevant symptoms associated with exposures to the substances evaluated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Sodium Hydroxide Solvents
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Chassis Cleaning Cleaning Room Degreasers Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-73-5-110 Methylene Chloride NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Publication Odor Organic-solvents OSHA Region 1 Phenol/Cresol Sodium Hydroxide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE735110
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Dedham (MA) ; 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:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kurimo, Robert W. ; Smallwood, Anthony W.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027270
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-232735
• 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 73-5-110, 1974 Oct ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Phenol (CAS RN 108-95-2) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Cresol (CAS RN 1319-77-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:34bdb442862f6465456228ada5f87bdd843f65bf3e00fd1c4dc93d6ab403e39850f534adbd5065354bce71ee6fb19cdfc0a3f8e4d7f5540e49778be639f9ffe3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174179/cdc_174179_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.36 MB ]