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Title Health-hazard evaluation report HETA 86-380-1957, York International Corporation, Madisonville, Kentucky
Creator/Author Crandall, M.S. ; Albrecht, W.N. ; Blade, L.M.
Publication Date1989 Apr 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 5256333
Report Number(s)PB-90-103532/XAB;HETA--86-380-1957
Resource TypeTechnical Report
Research OrgNational Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
Subject560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology ;552000 -- Public Health; CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS-- OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;HAZARDOUS MATERIALS-- SOLVENTS;OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;SOLVENTS-- CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS;INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE;INSPECTION;OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY;RECOMMENDATIONS;TOXIC MATERIALS;TOXICITY;VINYL CHLORIDE
Related SubjectCHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS;HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS;MATERIALS;MEDICINE;ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;SAFETY
Description/Abstract An investigation was made of possible hazardous working conditions at a facility of the York International Corporation in Madisonville, Kentucky.^Workers were apparently exposed to trichloroethylene (TCE) used to degrease parts which are assembled into tube and fin heat-exchange units for commercial and residential heat pumps.^The coil department used 40 workers per shift, with three shifts working each day.^Solvent degreasing was the commonly used cleaning method at this site.^TCE concentrations in the breathing zones of workers in the coil department ranged from 31 to 38 parts per million (ppm) and averaged 34 ppm during the first day of the survey.^The workers monitored included brazers, pushers, and coil handlers.^One short-term potential exposure to greater than 100 ppm TCE was noted.^All of the full shift exposures measured, except one, exceeded the NIOSH recommended exposure limit of 25 ppm.^Workers experienced headache, dizziness, nausea, sleepiness, and irritation of the eye, nose, and throat.^During the evaluation, two of the workers were escorted from the site by the NIOSH medical officer because of severe, acute symptoms.^The report recommends measures to bring the operation into agreement with the published guidelines for worker exposure to TCE.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: (21 p)
AvailabilityNTIS, PC A03/MF A01
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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