Industrial hygiene report, walk-through survey of toluene at 3M Company in Los Angeles, California.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Zerwas MA
• Description:
  Worker exposure to toluene (108883) was assessed at the 3M Company (SIC-2891), in Los Angeles, California, on October 26, 1978. The company was under consideration for inclusion in a NIOSH study of the mortality of toluene exposed workers. The company employed an industrial hygiene staff with a physician on call. Fifty seven workers were employed, 22 of which had actual or potential exposure to toluene. A threshold limit value (TLV) sniffer was used for environmental sampling in conjunction with Draeger toluene detector tubes and mylar grab sample bags. Toluene concentrations of 30 to 90 parts per million (ppm) were recorded in the adhesive mixing room. Total hydrocarbon concentrations of 25 and 45ppm, with an excursion up to 200ppm, were measured near the filling operation. The grab samples contained 0.8ppm toluene. A toluene concentration of 0.75ppm was observed in the grab bag samples near the mineral spirits tank. TLV sniffer samples in other operational areas ranged from 3 to 60ppm. The author concludes that the inclusion of this facility in a detailed industrial hygiene survey is questionable. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Solvents Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Region-9; Organic-solvents; Occupational-exposure; Mortality-rates; Industrial-hygiene; Threshold-limit-values; Air-sampling; Workplace-studies
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Final Contract Report
• 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:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106267
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82179805
• 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 103-14, 1978 Nov; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Performing Organization:
  SRI International, Menlo Park, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2891 - Adhesives and sealants - (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/233638/cdc_233638_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]