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Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-29: Modern Industrial Plastics Division (Duriron Company): Dayton, Ohio
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1973/02/01
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Alternative Title:Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-29-28: Modern Industrial Plastics Division (Duriron Company): Dayton, Ohio
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Description:Environmental survey of the hazards arising from Teflon (9002840) dust and noise in a plastics industrial unit. Total dust air concentration levels obtained from 23 persons and four general area samples range from 0.0 to 5.5 milligrams per cubic meter, as against the standard of 15 milligrams per cubic meter. Recommendations include improved housekeeping program to keep dust sources to a minimum, prohibition of smoking in areas where Teflon is cut, machined, or processed, reduction of noise levels to within standards of 90 decibels by instituting engineering controls, establishment of a hearing conservation program including audiometry, and use of personal protective devices. Symptoms of Teflon fume fever are given with effects of smoking Teflon- contaminated cigarettes, which include chills, nausea, vomiting, body and joint pains, sweating, weakness, and dry cough. Polytetrafluoroethylene is not considered damaging to skin when used at ordinary temperatures. Above 400 degrees centigrade, perfluorisobutylene and carbonyl-fluoride (353504) are formed by the pyrolysis of Teflon. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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Content Notes:Original title is missing part of the report number – full number is shown in alternate title
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Pages in Document:28 pdf pages
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Contributor:Lucas, James B.;Ruhe, Raymond L.;Flesch, Jerome P.;Richards, Donald E.;
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NIOSHTIC Number:nn:00027226
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NTIS Accession Number:PB-229167
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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 72-29-28, 1973 Feb;:1-28;
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Federal Fiscal Year:1973
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