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2287. • OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF SEMICONDUCTORS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The manufacture and assembly of semiconductors requires the use of a variety of complex mixtures of chemicals. For most of these chemicals, adequate data on toxicity are not available, although chemical structure suggests that they may present potential health risks. The types of mixtures used and their components change rapidly in this industry. OSHA is a aware of case reports and epidemiologic studies suggesting excesses of certain cancers and reproductive damage among employees in this industry. Although these effects may be associated with processes and mixtures no longer in common use, the 1995 Priority Planning Process emphasized reproductive hazards as an item of special concern.

Accordingly, OSHA is planning to request information on the chemical content of "photoresist" and other mixtures currently used in semiconductor manufacture and assembly, on employee exposures in this sector, on toxicological information available about the components or mixtures, and about feasible means of reducing vapor-phase exposures in industry "clean rooms."

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM To Be Determined  

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Marthe B. Kent, Acting Director, Directorate of Health Standards Programs, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N3718, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-1950
Fax: 202 693-1678

RIN: 1218-AB96

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