Industrial hygiene report, perchloroethylene, Ruby's Cleaners, Hayward, California.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ludwig, Howard R.
• Description:
  Worker exposure to perchloroethylene (127184) (PCE) was determined at Ruby's Cleaners (SIC-7216) in Hayward, California on July 26, 1978. The firm was included in an industry wide mortality and industrial hygiene study of dry cleaning workers exposed to PCE. The work force included a presser, dry cleaners and spotters, and counter help. First aid supplies were provided on the premises, along with a chemical cartridge that contained an expired Bureau of Mines date of approval. Personal air, peak, and samples were collected. The 8 hour time weighted average (TWA) exposure of the presser was 7 parts per million (ppm) PCE; the 8 hour TWA concentration in the vicinity of the spotting table was 10ppm. Concentrations of two peak samples collected over 5 minute periods during clothing garment transfer were 84 and 122ppm; a 15 minute peak sample during transfer indicated a PCE concentration of 65ppm. Concentrations of samples collected over a front dryer door were 446, 983, and 139ppm, for a TWA of 540ppm. Exposures to the workers were within OSHA standards of an 8 hour TWA concentration of PCE of 100ppm and a ceiling concentration of 200ppm, not to exceed a maximum peak of 300ppm for 5 minutes in any 3 hour period. The author recommends that exposure to PCE be restricted as much as possible because of its potential hazard as a carcinogen. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-9; Dry-cleaning-industry; Health-surveys; Dry-cleaning-solvents; Industrial-hygiene; Air-sampling
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• 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:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00113408
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82188079
• 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 71-14, 1979 Mar; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Tetrachloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7216 - Drycleaning plants, except rug - (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/233476/cdc_233476_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]