Industrial hygiene walk through survey report of Rockwell International, Thousand Oaks, California.

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• Personal Author:
  Briggs T
• Description:
  Worker exposures to potentially harmful chemical and physical agents were determined at the Rockwell International Thousand Oaks Research Center (SIC-3674), in Thousand Oaks, California, on February 6, 1979. The survey was part of a NIOSH study of the energy technology industry. The company had no formal and industrial hygiene program. Medical services were provided by a full time nurse and a local clinic. Primary chemicals used in the photovoltaic construction processes included trichloroethylene (79016), acetone (67641), methyl-alcohol (67561), isopropyl-alcohol (67630), sulfuric-acid (7664939), hydrogen-peroxide (7722841), zinc (7440666), silver (7440224), manganese (7439965), germanium (7440564), silver-cyanide (506649), and silicon-dioxide (60676860). Processing steps were generally well controlled. Arsenic (7440382) exposure presented a possible hazard. The author concludes that equipment maintenance and cleaning may pose potential chemical exposures.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Control-methods Field-Study Health-surveys Industrial-health-programs Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-9 Worker-health 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:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00108666
• 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, IWS 68-21, 1979 Jun; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Methanol (CAS RN 67-56-1) ; Isopropanol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9) ; Hydrogen peroxide (CAS RN 7722-84-1) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6) ; Silver (CAS RN 7440-22-4) ; Manganese (CAS RN 7439-96-5) ; Germanium (CAS RN 7440-56-4) ; Silver cyanide (Ag(CN)) (CAS RN 506-64-9) ; Vitreous silica (CAS RN 60676-86-0) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3674 - Semiconductors and related devices - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a0c71653aa0a318050e2d8b8ba8f590a0da062ddc5d5438b1e737a4417149555a77b69a01b9d456af1d4fcad3433c7e75a5f34034032803ddbd2cf3dd3b147d8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179082/cdc_179082_DS1.pdf
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