Walk-through survey report at General American Transportation (GATX), Sharon, Pennsylvania.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Billings CE ; Matanoski GM ; Tepper BS
• Description:
  Worker exposures to paint materials were determined at General American Transportation (SIC-3537) in Sharon, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1978. The company was under consideration for inclusion in a NIOSH study of the hazards associated with spray painting. Approximately 36 of the employees were assigned to the painting operations that were surveyed. The company had no formal safety and industrial hygiene program. Medical services were provided by an inhouse first aid station staffed by three nurses. Approximately 125,000 gallons of exterior paint, containing alkyd resins, aliphatic petroleum distillates, toluene (108883), aliphatic- alcohol, and lead (7439921), was used each year. About 10,000 gallons of interior paint was used each year. Polyurethane (68400679) foam, used as exterior insulation, was also processed as this facility. Typical paint thinner used was composed of butyl- cellosolve (111762), butyl-alcohol (71363), ethyl-alcohol (64175), and toluene. The authors conclude that this work force should be considered for inclusion in the painting hazards survey. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Coloring Agents Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Health-surveys; Coloring-materials; Industrial-hygiene; Epidemiology
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00124040
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83137786
• 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 074-22, 1979 Sep; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,3-Butanediol, polymer with α-butyl-ω-hydroxypoly[oxy(methyl-1,2-ethanediyl)] and 1,3-diisocyanatomethylbenzene (CAS RN 68400-67-9) ; 1-Butanol (CAS RN 71-36-3) ; 2-Butoxyethanol (CAS RN 111-76-2) ; Ethanol (CAS RN 64-17-5) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Performing Organization:
  The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3537 - Industrial trucks and tractors - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233184/cdc_233184_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]