Industrial hygiene survey report of Defense Fuel Support Point, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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• Personal Author:
  Krishnan R ; Piacitelli, Gregory M.
• Description:
  As part of a study of worker exposure, personal protective equipment, and engineering controls in use in work areas where exposure to ethylene glycol ethers is possible, an industrial hygiene survey was conducted at the Defense Fuel Support Point (SIC- 4231), Cincinnati, Ohio. The site has been operational since 1953, occupying an area of 45 acres. The activities include receiving, storing, and distributing of jet fuel for military use. At this site 2-methoxyethanol (109864) (2-ME) was added as an icing inhibitor to one of the jet fuels. JP-4 contained 0.10 to 0.15 weight percent of 2-ME and JP-5 contained diethylene-glycol- monomethyl-ether (111773) (DEGME) at a concentration of 0.15 to 0.20 weight percent received at this location for shipment elsewhere. The potential existed for inhalation and dermal exposure to 2-ME. Exposure controls included the use of engineering controls at the truck loading operation and quality control analysis divisions as well as the wearing of personal protective equipment. The monitoring results indicated that full shift inhalation exposures to 2-ME were low, less than 0.34 part per million (ppm). Short term exposures occasionally reached 6.86ppm. Due to the small number of workers with a potential of exposure to glycol ethers, the authors recommend that this facility should not be included in additional health studies. The authors recommend that modification of work practices and ventilation equipment would help keep exposure levels down in the quality control laboratory and that individuals wear personal protective equipment suitable for inhalation and dermal exposures.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Naphthalenes Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Field-Study Inhalants IWS-134-20-14 Jet-engine-fuels NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-exposure Region-5 Skin-exposure Volatiles
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  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:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00186693
• 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 134-20-14, 1989 Mar; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Methoxyethanol (CAS RN 109-86-4) ; Diethylene glycol monomethyl ether (CAS RN 111-77-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4231 - Trucking terminal facilities - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:432789fe71cf746739a8b237f97d8f191be3ed8f259bdf6ac871b9f732f5cb11806582cde9ff6beef24cbc1e499b211c33667cc063fd1ffb3d2796e18b09338f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180231/cdc_180231_DS1.pdf
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