Industrial hygiene survey report perchloroethylene at Pine Cleaners, 15920 Puritan Street, Detroit, Michigan.

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• Personal Author:
  Roberts DR
• Description:
  Worker exposures to perchloroethylene (127184) (PCE) were surveyed in May 15, 1979, at Pine Cleaners (SIC-7216) in Detroit, Michigan. The company employed seven workers. Time weighted average (TWA) personal PCE exposures ranged from 0.7 to 17 parts per million (ppm), and 5 minute peak exposures ranged from 36 to 72ppm. One 15 minute peak sample contained 34ppm PCE. All exposures were below OSHA TWA, 5 minute and 15 minute exposure standards of 100, 300 and 200ppm. The author recommends that PCE exposure 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 Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Cancer Carcinogens Control-methods Dry-cleaning-industry Field-Study Industrial-equipment NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-5 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:00105093
• 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 71-31, 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:b4b61a27bce9848b9396bfbd58831e761968a26f9c964f14d65d589d28b04a118a27c20f8464d77bea0c668b4ede2103df7797b5830af3bc8c4f47389d091c89
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178978/cdc_178978_DS1.pdf
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