Workers' exposures to n-propyl bromide at a helicopter transmission factory.

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• Personal Author:
  Dunn, Kevin L. ; Hanley, Kevin W.
• Description:
  The Industrywide Studies Branch of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a field study at a helicopter transmission manufacturing plant in Texas on February 9-10, 2004. At this facility, n-propyl bromide (nPB) was used as a vapor degreasing solvent to remove oils and dirt from transmission parts prior to the plating operation necessary to affix a protective surface treatment. In this research study, we measured workers' breathing zone concentrations to n-propyl bromide (nPB) and isopropyl bromide (iPB) with standard air sampling methods in conjunction with new methods for measuring exhaled breath and urinary metabolites.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aluminum Compounds Drug Interactions Dust Electricity Metals Occupational Health Particulate Matter Quartz Safety Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Breathing-zone Machine-shop-workers Metalworking Metalworking-industry Region-6 Solvent-vapor-degreasing Solvents
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• 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:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031114
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006 Aug; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  1-Bromopropane (CAS RN 106-94-5) ; 2-Bromopropane (CAS RN 75-26-3) ; Bromine (CAS RN 7726-95-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8482dc79dc77f1a473233e520c6fbb34ab3cbfc5f54dc46ca6a71b432d41e9c0152e45249fab80206cee2e570ca920f8d459c6d867c68792e49579e9eac09f12
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181461/cdc_181461_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.14 MB ]