Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 72-82-86: Universal Oil Products, Norplex Division: Franklin, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Lucas, James B. ; Ramos, Henry
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental air sampling and medical evaluation of employees in a chemical processing facility indicate that concentrations of acetone (67641), methyl ethel ketone (78933), methyl cellosolve (109864), and toluene (108883) vapors are not at toxic levels. A reported episode of lightheadedness among employees is attributed to a cleanup operation involving large quantities of methyl ethyl ketone. Recommendations are made for strict adherence to policy of wearing organic solvent vapor respirators during cleanup operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Acetone Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Butanones Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-72-82-86 Methyl Cellosolve Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Oil-refining OSHA Region 5 Respiratory-protection Toluene Volatiles

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE728286
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Franklin (IN) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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. ; Eddleston, Melvin T. ; Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Kurimo, Robert W.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027248
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-232562
• 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 72-82-86, 1973 Oct ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; 2-Methoxyethanol (CAS RN 109-86-4) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9489eeae1f6e506441a982908b88dd19faaa397ee0d20aff0d2b386ed495e1e3ccb51ded89a447486c368f892ae8d181174afe807dcf0bd1b928c77e02eec02b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174200/cdc_174200_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.53 MB ]