Walk-through survey report of General Dynamics, Fort Worth, Texas.

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• Personal Author:
  Zaebst, Dennis D.
• Description:
  A walk through survey was conducted to evaluate painters' exposures to glycol ethers at the General Dynamics military aircraft manufacturing facility (3721), Fort Worth, Texas. Personal breathing zone exposures to airborne 2-ethoxyethyl-acetate (111159) (2-EEA) averaged 1.30 parts per million (ppm). The highest individual exposure was 6ppm. The current OSHA standard is 100ppm. Results of two surveys of major painting areas indicated that painters' exposures to 2-EEA ranged from 0.48 to 2.8ppm, from 0.1 to 7.49ppm, and from 1.5 to 12.1ppm in the three areas. Due to the use of respiratory protection by many of the painters, actual inhalation exposures were undoubtedly much lower than the breathing zone measurements. Some exposure may have been incurred through skin absorption. The authors recommend that an additional industrial hygiene survey, including urine monitoring and air monitoring should be carried out in order to obtain a better estimate of total exposure to 2-EEA. It is also recommended that a more consistent use of personal protective clothing be instituted to avoid skin contact with the glycol ethers and other solvents used in the painting area. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Paint Personal Protective Equipment Preceptorship Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Skin Solvents
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-6; Organic-solvents; Paints; Paint-shops; Skin-exposure; Respiratory-protective-equipment
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• 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:
  1-21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00163540
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87108346
• 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 134-15, 1986 Aug; :1-21
• CAS Registry Number:
  Glycol monoethyl ether acetate (CAS RN 111-15-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• 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-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233634/cdc_233634_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]