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Health Hazard Evaluation Project No. HHE 79-66, Signetics Corporation, Sunnyvale, California.

PB83214742

Publication Date	1980
Page Count	18
Abstract	On March 14, 1979, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from an authorized employee representative for a health hazard evaluation at Signetics Corp., Sunnyvale, CA. The request alleged that employees working in Research and Development (R&D), Arques Bldg, and the Office and Management Building were exposed to xylene, polyvinyl chloride, trichloroethylene, benzene, nickel and other metals. Trichlorotrifluoroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, methyl chloride, toluene and xylene were identified but at levels well below the NIOSH recommended criteria and the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA) Standard.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Office buildings Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Xylenes Polyvinyl chloride Chloromethanes Toluene Benzene Nickel Metals Chlorine organic compounds Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Ethane/trichloro-trifluoro Ethylene/trichloro
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Interim rept. no. 2.
NTIS Issue Number	198319

Health Hazard Evaluation Project No. HHE 79-66, Signetics Corporation, Sunnyvale, California.

Health Hazard Evaluation Project No. HHE 79-66, Signetics Corporation, Sunnyvale, California.
PB83214742

Publication Date	1980
Page Count	18
Abstract	On March 14, 1979, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from an authorized employee representative for a health hazard evaluation at Signetics Corp., Sunnyvale, CA. The request alleged that employees working in Research and Development (R&D), Arques Bldg, and the Office and Management Building were exposed to xylene, polyvinyl chloride, trichloroethylene, benzene, nickel and other metals. Trichlorotrifluoroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, methyl chloride, toluene and xylene were identified but at levels well below the NIOSH recommended criteria and the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA) Standard.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Office buildings Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Xylenes Polyvinyl chloride Chloromethanes Toluene Benzene Nickel Metals Chlorine organic compounds Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Ethane/trichloro-trifluoro Ethylene/trichloro
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Interim rept. no. 2.
NTIS Issue Number	198319