Industrial hygiene report perchloroethylene at Janet Davis Cleaners 3645 West Maple Street, Detroit, Michigan.

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• Personal Author:
  Roberts DR
• Description:
  Worker exposure to perchloroethylene (127184) (PCE) were surveyed in May 18, 1979, at Janet Davis Cleaners (SIC-7216) in Detroit, Michigan. The company employed 17 workers. Time weighted average (TWA) personal PCE exposures ranged from 2.8 to 20 parts per million (ppm), and 5 minute peak exposures ranged from 42 to 117ppm. One 15 minute PCE concentration was 37ppm. All exposures were below OSHA TWA, 5 minute and 15 minute exposure standards of 100, 300 and 200ppm respectively. The author recommends that PCE exposures be kept as low as possible since the carcinogenicity of the compound has not been established. Workers should be provided with preplacement physical examinations, respirators and protective clothing, improved ventilation should be installed around dry cleaning machines and recovery units, and workers should be informed about PCE hazards. Other recommendations include periodic inspection of equipment and PCE storage containers, direct piping of recovered PCE solvent to the base tank of the dry cleaning machine, and proper disposal of PCE solvent residues.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Control-methods Dry-cleaning-industry Field-Study Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Protective-equipment Region-5 Standards Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; Ohio ; 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:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105089
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 71-37, 1980 Jul; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Tetrachloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7216 - Drycleaning plants, except rug - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c215cc6f8747ee5d2e3060ec99a595b966c8f171871a0398de45a818fa232bed9756f6d301ae9e60f36a5de5b8e6a4ca1c25cf624464062fcfd6dbe6b3536a59
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178975/cdc_178975_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 3.71 MB ]