Industrial hygiene report, perchloroethylene, at Key Club Cleaners, Skokie, Illinois.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Roberts, Dennis R.
• Description:
  An on site visit was made to the Key Club Cleaners (SIC-7216) located in Skokie, Illinois as part of an industrywide mortality and industrial hygiene study of the exposure of dry cleaning workers to perchloroethylene (127184) (PCE). Current exposure levels of PCE were determined at this facility using battery operated pumps and charcoal tubes. The company used PCE as a dry cleaning solvent since cleaning began at this site in October of 1978. The facility was housed in a one story building with dimensions of about 40 feet by 100 feet. About 90 gallons of PCE were consumed each month during dry cleaning and about 1800 pounds of clothing were dry cleaned each week. The work force numbered nine persons. The time weighted average exposures to PCE of the dry cleaner/spotter and the presser were 49 and 8.5 parts per million (ppm), respectively. The 5 minute peak exposures to the dry cleaner measured during garment transfer ranged from 316 to 447ppm PCE. While the time weighted average exposures were within recommended guidelines, the peak samples during transfer exceeded all recommended levels. The author recommends measures to lower this exposure level. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-5; Chlorinated-hydrocarbons; Dry-cleaning-solvents; Organic-solvents; Solvent-vapors; Dry-cleaning-industry
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00195590
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91131425
• 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 071-45, 1980 Aug; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Tetrachloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• 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/233577/cdc_233577_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]