An Industrial Hygiene Study of Polyurethane Foam Insulation Application Activities at Thermal Acoustic Foam Insulation, Inc.

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• Personal Author:
  Reisdorf, Robert P. ; Alcarese, Andrew A. Jr.
• Description:
  Worker exposure to air contaminants and noise associated with the application of polyurethane (9009545) foam insulation was determined at Thermal Acoustic Foam Insulation, Inc., in Columbia, Maryland on November 19 and 20, 1979. The survey was conducted at an application site as part of an industry wide industrial hygiene characterization of thermal insulation manufacturing and application. Personal samples were collected for diphenylmethane- diisocyanate (101688) (MDI), dimethylethanolamine (108010), dimethylcyclohexylamine (98942), fluorotrichloromethane (75694), alpha-methyl-styrene (98839), dimethyltin-dicarboxylate, and carbon- monoxide (630080). Employees were not exposed to chemical air contaminants in excess of OSHA standards. The NIOSH recommended limits for noise exposure (90 decibels relative to the A-weighted scale) were exceeded during a nonroutine malfunction inside a truck near an air compressor. The authors recommend that the compressor be removed from the truck when conditions require the presence of an employee inside the truck for extended periods. An effective hearing conservation program with audiometric testing also should be implemented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Noise Occupational Health Polyurethanes Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Field-Study Health-surveys Industrial-hygiene Insulation-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Noise-measurement Polyurethane-foams Region-3

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• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  26 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Herrick, Robert F. ; Rumsey, Donald W.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114086
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-239899
• 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 69-15, 1980 Jun; :1-23
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-(Dimethylamino)ethanol (CAS RN 108-01-0) ; 9009-54-5 ; a-Methylstyrene (CAS RN 98-83-9) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Diphenylmethane diisocyanate (CAS RN 101-68-8) ; N,N-Dimethylcyclohexylamine (CAS RN 98-94-2) ; Trichloromonofluoromethane (CAS RN 75-69-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fef8f04cdf96eb325b259451bb7cb72236a79e03b48dc2d29dc276ca3a58c4ed4ce04ecd8131462290ea543c5429713d4f547b3b009d386b848b98170845c911
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/182893/cdc_182893_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 958.33 KB ]