Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. HHE-80-165-907, International Harvester Truck Engineering and Design Center, Ft. Wayne, Indiana

摘要

On June 4, 1980, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for a Health Hazard Evaluation from the Society of Engineering Employees Union (S.E.E.) to evaluate chemical hazards and exposures in workers employed at the International Harvester Truck Engineering and Design Center, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Workers were concerned about exposures to wood and cured resin dusts, epoxy resin systems, and solvents used in model making, and about the development of colon cancer in one model maker. From data obtained during this investigation, NIOSH determined that the small quantities of airborne contaminants detected at International Harvester Company are not hazardous to exposed employees. Recommendations on improving the ventilation system and for assuring safe and healthful working conditions are presented in the body of the full report.