Health Hazard Evaluation Report 71-28-6: Magee Carpet Company: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Ramos, Henry
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The concentration of Dykem Steel Blue, a mixture of butyl-acetate (123864), ethyl-acetate (141786), and ethyl-alcohol (64175), in the air of a carpet manufacturing plant is well below the established standards, even though the concentrations could be much higher occasionally, as demonstrated by complaints of eye irritation made by employees. Recommendations are made to management to obviate the potential hazard to affected personnel. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coloring Agents Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Solvents Textile Industry Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Breathing-zone Butyl Acetate Dyes Dykem Steel Blue Ethyl Acetate Ethyl Alcohol Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-71-28-6 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Organic-solvents OSHA Region 3 Textiles-industry Toxicity

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE71286
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Bloomsburg (PA) ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027207
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-229074
• 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 71-28-6, 1972 May ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  n-Butyl acetate (CAS RN 123-86-4) ; Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6) ; Ethanol (CAS RN 64-17-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c1e8782348bd8b8d2c84ac2795a6f3d3e654df7492a9e38e6cd4b58db2526d4352ce92ea4ef9b316785d2d700fac2bb6fd95a429b1e6dfab1e5474bc7252188e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174234/cdc_174234_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.60 MB ]