Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 83-430-1451: A&H Sunlight Lettering and Trophy, Glenwood Springs, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request, an investigation was begun into possible hazardous working conditions at A-and-H Trophy (SIC-7399), Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Concern was voiced over exposure to organic solvents during silk screen printing on fabric shirts and jackets. Four breathing zone and four general room air samples were collected. The four-time weighted average air concentrations for perchloroethylene (127184) ranged from 21 to 24mg/m3
  
  methylene- chloride (75092), 106 to 174mg/m3
  
  1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556), 3 to 46mg/m3
  
  xylene (1330207), 7 to 8mg/m3
  
  and petroleum-naphtha (8030306), 16 to 24mg/m3. Medical testing indicated that all three workers and the two owners of the company had excellent lung function. The author concludes that there was a potential health hazard existed, based on the carcinogenic potential of perchloroethylene. The author recommends that specific measures be instituted to reduce environmental exposures to this chemical.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Hydrocarbons Lung Methylene Chloride Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Solvents Tetrachloroethylene Trichloroethanes Xylenes

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• Keywords:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Hazard-Confirmed HETA-83-430-1451 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Organic-solvents OSHA Region 8 Perchloroethylene Petroleum Naptha Pulmonary Function Respiratory-system-disorders Silk Screen Designing Solvent-vapors Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA834301451
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  10 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00231087
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB96-210034
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 83-430-1451, 1984 Apr ; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4) ; Methylene chloride (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Naphtha (CAS RN 8030-30-6)
• Editor(s):
  Ramsey, Kristi
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• NORA Priority Area:
  Respiratory-system-disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7399 - Business Services, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b3e21c662faf8d5673f75e136318544242a720c2c14924ae590a25142c012e80544c503604f26fb299d3f447cbcfdcac68aafb602929194bf7c734b794dcbecd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171215/cdc_171215_DS1.pdf
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