Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 98-0017-2699: United States Postal Service, Omaha, Nebraska

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• Personal Author:
  Buono, Gina ; Hewett, Daniel J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In October 1997, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a health hazard evaluation (HHE) request from the National States Post Office Mail Processing and Distribution Center, Omaha, Nebraska. A NPMU representative requested an evaluation of worker exposure to paper dust, mold spores, and ink mist/dust in the first and second floors of the mail processing plant and the basement of a warehouse annex. In the request, the NPMU listed concerns regarding inhalation and skin exposure resulting in adult-onset cases, recurrent sinus and respiratory infections, allergy treatments for paper dust and mold, lung infections, and recurrent dermatitis. On December 9-12, 1997, NIOSH investigators performed a walkthrough survey of the worksite and met with NPMU and US Postal Service representatives to discuss health issues related to worker exposure to paper dust, mold spores, and ink dust/mist. Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) of products used in the mail processing and warehouse areas were reviewed.
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Fungi Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Air-samling Bulk Dust Contaminants Culling Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-hazard-evaluation HVAC Inhalation Ink Mail-processing Mail Handling Mailing Service Mail Processing Mail Sorting Occupational-safety-and-health OSHA Region 7 Paper-dust Paper Dust Particle Size PNOC PNOR Respiratory Skin-irritations

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9800172699
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  33 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Hintz, Patrick ; Jones, Bill ; Manetz, Scott ; Mead, Jean ; Stewart, Terry
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000003
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-152324
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: 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 98-0017-2699, 1998 Jul ; :1-34
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7331 - Direct mail advertising services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:63fa255eae55ae1c7a31cb9c6080ac2777d07227bb1e9f84067453dccbeb05613b1a213bc4586afcadcf618455aa5ade530d524e4e7f3105fa23e532aa4f6262
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171079/cdc_171079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.59 MB ]