Fictitious Company:
You will be using the fictional manufacturing facility Acme Automotive Parts (AAP) throughout the course. AAP manufactures several support parts for new automobiles as a small supplier to Nissan, Honda, and Volkswagen facilities in the United States. Their processes include shipping/receiving, hydraulic presses, metal working lines, robotic welding stations, hand-welding stations in rework areas, two small paint booths, a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) laboratory, and a final inspection area.
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Instructions:
After reviewing Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and conducting an initial inspection of the areas at Acme Automotive Parts (AAP), you identify the following health hazards that you want to further evaluate:
+++Hand Welding Operation:
1. manganese fume (hand welding);
2. copper fume (hand welding);
3. lead fume (hand welding);
+++Paint Booth Operation:
4. 1,2,4 trimethyl benzene (paint booth);
5. toluene (paint booth); and
6. xylene (paint booth).
Choose one of the compounds from the hand-welding operation and one of the compounds from the paint booth operation. Search the Internet, and find the following data concerning the two compounds you chose; LC50, IDLH, vapor pressure, vapor density, target organs, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, and reproductive toxicity. (Hint: many of the variables can be found on SDS that can be accessed on the Internet).
Write one paragraph on each of the compounds explaining what the data tell you about the most likely exposure route and risk associated with each compound.
Your assignment must be a minimum of two pages in length, not including title or reference pages. Your assignment must use at least two references. At least one should be a scholarly peer-reviewed article.
