Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-92-0357-2404: Hennegan Company; Florence, Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  Buchta, Teresa M. ; Burr, Gregory A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from management, an investigation was begun into possible hazardous working conditions at the Hennegan Company (SIC-2754), Florence, Kentucky. The company was a print shop producing posters, catalogs, magazines, annual reports, labels, displays, and art prints. Over 300 workers were employed on site, 135 of them involved in production. Specific concern was voiced about the ultraviolet (UV) coating process on the web press. Trimethylolpropane-triacrylate (15625895) was not detected in any air samples. Levels of isopropanol (67630), toluene (108883), trimethyl-benzene (25551137) isomers, and total hydrocarbons in air samples were low. The author concludes that no health hazards associated with airborne exposure to chemicals used in the UV coating process existed at the time of the evaluation. The author recommends that improvements be made in the hazard communication program, and that an eye protection program be instituted. The author suggests that a noise survey be performed to determine current noise levels, that employees stop eating and drinking or smoking in the production areas and that a written respiratory protection program be started.
• Subjects:
  Ink Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Printing Safety Skin Solvents
• Keywords:
  Commercial Printing, Gravure Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-92-0357-2404 Isopropanol NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Organic-solvents OSHA Region 4 Printing Printing-industry Printing-inks Printing-presses Skin Sensitization Toluene Total Hydrocarbons Trimethylolpropane Triacrylate Ultraviolet-cured Inks

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9203572404
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• 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
• Contributor:
  Echt, Alan S.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00219661
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-186798
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: 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 92-0357-2404, 1994 Mar ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Trimethylolpropane triacrylate (CAS RN 15625-89-5) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Trimethylbenzene (CAS RN 25551-13-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2754 - Commercial printing, gravure - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:06362100619d5acad4a8db91bf6335736cfef953aa7f87f895f89cc3810486bff217a72dd9ebeee0f3e2cb671ddbefb2c8c410545308a649452a11e11dde0486
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171393/cdc_171393_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 191.89 KB ]