Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 94–0191–2670: Bureau of Engraving, Incorporated, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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• Personal Author:
  Krake, Ann M. ; Malkin, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On March 11, 1994, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for technical assistance from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Minnesota OSHA), in evaluating potential health hazards at the Bureau of Engraving, Incorporated, (BOE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A second request for a health hazard evaluation (HHE) at BOE was received by NIOSH on March 28, 1994, from the Graphic Communications International Union (GCIU) Local 1B. Both requests concerned employee exposure to chemicals used in the clean room, including solvents and glycol ethers used with the Ciba Geigy (trademark) coating process. Symptoms reported among clean room employees included difficulty breathing, headaches, skin and eye irritation, and dizziness. Site visits were conducted in May 1994 and April 1995. Personal breathing zone (PBZ), area, and process air samples were collected for hexane and other hydrocarbons, alcohols, and glycol ethers. Analysis of full-shift PBZ air samples revealed detectable levels of hexane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (PGMEA), but all concentrations were well below the corresponding occupational exposure criteria. Propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME) and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE) were not detected.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Chemicals Clean-rooms Evaluation-criteria Exposure Glycol-ethers Glycol Ethers Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-hazard-evaluation Methods OSHA Region 5 Printed Circuit Boards--manufacturing Site-visits Urinary-Metabolites Urinary Metabolites

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9401912670
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Echt, Alan S. ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Nelson, Juanita ; Portlock, Amy Jo ; Ramsey, Dawn M. ; Ristinen, Elaine ; Saluz, Ladina ; Serna, Caroline
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000015
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-151714
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 94-0191-2670, 1997 Dec ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Propylene glycol methyl ether (CAS RN 107-98-2) ; 2-Butoxyethanol (CAS RN 111-76-2) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (CAS RN 108-65-6) ; n-Hexane (CAS RN 110-54-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3672 - Printed circuit boards - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3fa6fb1fa282b44b3f66a29269cb5288115a867171f47af896ee3067068b4c41219537d84d4fdbb7b78dc0b1a3c2a47d8e180707207b513e0c321061881d98e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171067/cdc_171067_DS1.pdf
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