Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96-0091-2597: Photoart (Stannard Associates, Inc.), Fredricksburg, Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Salisbury, Stanley A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a confidential request made by three employees, an investigation was begun into possible hazardous working conditions at the Photoart store (SIC-7384) located in the Spotsylvania Mall in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Photoart is a photo processing establishment which operates in a 2,300 square foot space inside the Mall. There are 12 to 13 employees with as many as five to six on duty during hours of peak workload. Findings from the investigation showed that the lab was cramped for space
  
  that the ceiling exhaust fans for the photo processing lab were not operating
  
  that two exhaust fans pulled 40 to 43 cubic feet of air per minute from the ceiling space above the lab
  
  that the outside air vent was fully closed even though the set point control was set at 20% open
  
  that the highest airborne concentration determined for any chemical was for acetic-acid (64197) which occurred during the mixing of a 5 gallon batch of RA4 bleach fix solution. The most common health complaint was headache. Air monitoring did not detect excess inhalation exposures to photo processing chemical gases or vapors. Recommendations included improving housekeeping, improving the ventilation system, clearly marking chemical storage bins, implementing an OSHA hazard communication program, labeling chemical storage and recovery tanks, and additional employee training.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acetamides Acids Ammonia Inhalation Exposure Irritants Lung Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Photography Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin Sulfur Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Acetic Acid Acid-mists Ammonia Formaldehyde Gloves Hazard-Unconfirmed Hazard Communications HETA-96-0091-2597 Inhalants Lung-irritants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Personal-protective-equipment Photofinishing Laboratories Photographic-equipment Photoprocessing Protective Clothing Respirators Respiratory-system-disorders Skin-irritants Sulfur Dioxide Ventilation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9600912597
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  15 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Lovell, Patricia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00235008
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-146286
• 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 96-0091-2597, 1996 Sep ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acetic acid (CAS RN 64-19-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7384 - Photofinishing laboratories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9175dec4ae8699df3436679a41bd483d54b7b79b277eae751ddfe7de63bf6335f1c9b083e142b9cf73df28032d3db01e56ecc84cbfa8d6325d55157a026e6933
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171163/cdc_171163_DS1.pdf
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