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BKK-228 Lonnie MTJhacker _ ___ ^Supervisor of Safety''i'lndustrial Hygiene' jDelco Moraine Division ----------- general.Motors Corporation 1420 Wisconsin Boulevard Dayton,*v0hioJ45401 **< s-J\: '"T7>** n-TTT-K-t_-^J,. __% -_______ _ __ __ ... _____ __ _______ rc -* ' ^As a result of a complaint telephoned to our Division on January 8, v^^r7l981, by a worker at the Delco-Moralne Plant, Wagoner Ford Road, ; Dayton, Ohio, concerning exposure to oil mist, an industrial hygiene survey was accomplished on February 9, 1981. This survey was done ./^Jr^.with your concurrence, with duplicate air sampling being performed by Delco-Moraine industrial hygienists. Review of the process involving oil mists disclosed Cross Dial Index . . machines machining and drilling holes in newly fabricated automobile - master cylinders. The oil in question was Polar 14-C containing' 60 percent mineral oil. Five Mine Safety Appliance Model G personal air sampling pumps in-line with a sampling train consisting of "AA" Vs -; mixed cellulose esther filters were used to take full shift breathing . zone air samples of workers involved. Attachment 1 is a table of the -sample results along with the allowable permissible exposure limit .--.w-.or threshold limit value. . .. ; .~ A*'Review of the air sampling data readily discloses none exceeded the regulatory requirements established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the guidelines established by the American ' Conference cf Governmental Industrial Hygienists. Review of the >-. literature indicates that heat-decomposed oil mists are classifed more of an irritant than a health hazard. ... ....V Vi- _ *Th tndusital Commission of ONo DMston o( Safety ondHygfen** 246 H.Wgh Sr. *Columbus. Ohio 40215 ^Jorn*iA.Khod*t.GowrnorWimomV.JohrM>oa(nAHnMComnWuk)nCh(drrTKXiV.Oo^ZIfnp)>*f,\acChQinndnUono>dT.LQocosf.M*fnbr A.Vo<Wria<v Safety and Hygfen* 5up*rinf*txfen Dob Nfey, Au&ont Sup*dnrocfenr Lowr^oc* J. Vhafen. Coogt*u*tar<K'f . - S - ` ...... Q lco Moraine Divisionj "fflgOhjo................. ?age*iRr jvi s*sens.tt1 v " to *ail-nslsts^shouiatefjdentlf1 edrSnc_ ^s_sJJ^>4l^,rel ther^ ;el11nayng^|j exposure. .^Further/nt^s. well established that'o1vls.are a^major^cause ^contact dermatHfs^lphe^reserit'jrbtectlve^clothing, "Issuedlthe^K Jforker and.use ofJthejrobbtrrshould minimize^any^such'probl en !howeyer^!_ ?Hence,who further recommehdatlonslieedvto'*be4made^'tt5^xwoul d suggest^the Continued pursuit "of;^the'problera W`1 th lhe*stand1 no olllontHeXflporSSflfl adjacent ..theCms^MaLvInde^achl^^b^^mtlnuedrwtll^t^DrMoTv^r ElfjtihlS~D1 VlSInn ranPftn^fiirthnr^Tfr^^^n^irrff Eny`time on' Industrial. Hyglene'problerasrr^atTng^o^Health"iTnd safetyf^^^^ fplease feel ,free to contact me through the.Dayton 81 strict Office,^ 1898-3206. :'Aga1n,% would 11 ke toTthahlt^^you^SnOourSstaffJnTtheir2 Assistance "In. investigation of^thl ">^^ rl Respectfully submitted,^ 761 enn L/Davis 'Industrial Hygienist - -***> ' -'7r ' * \ * HP** '. i - v$>`: