Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-85-32: Emerson Electric Company: Paris, Tennessee

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• Personal Author:
  Lucas, James B. ; Ramos, Henry
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental survey and medical examination of workers in machining operations and milling in an electrical company, indicating that oil folliculitis or oil boils and primary irritant dermatitis are attributable to use of Gulf D-11 insoluble cutting oil and Lowlub SS40 synthetic soluble coolant. Recommendations include substitution of cutting oil or coolant with less toxic material, proper use of protective clothing, cleaning of splash guards, use of protective creams, removal of oil from skin, prompt medical advice in case of irritation, and exclusion of known sensitive workers from exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Hypersensitivity Lubricants Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Petroleum Safety Skin Skin Diseases
• Keywords:
  Allergenic-reactions Coolant Oil Cutting-fluids Cutting Oil Hazards-Confirmed HHE-72-85-32 Irritant Dermatitis NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 4 Personal-protective-equipment Petroleum-products Skin-disorders

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE728532
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee ; Paris (TN) ; 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027250
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-229708
• 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 72-85-32, 1973 Mar ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6bd4d241d46bf9e08be144a2770b7600ed3de9de4a0471dd5929b30ed73b1d0ea730fdcb00db04c61fdabaa2de605d9d940c8ba74c16f89ab80d98c8ba2d7d5a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174198/cdc_174198_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.02 MB ]