Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-169-2196: Texprint Products; Macon, Georgia

Details

• Personal Author:
  Decker, John A. ; Shults, Ruth A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from a union representative an evaluation was undertaken of possible hazardous working conditions at Texprint Products (SIC-2269), Macon, Georgia. Workers had complained of skin rashes and respiratory symptoms. The company was involved in the dyeing, printing and finishing of fabrics to be used for home furnishing and Japanese apparel. Exposures to formaldehyde (50000), caprolactam (105602), and mineral spirits were all well below established standards. Heat stress measurements were excessive. In one instance the core body temperature exceeded the recommended maximum of 38 degrees-C for one worker throughout the first shift. Eye irritation was reported by 25 (28%) of the workers with six (24%) reporting current or chronic rashes, seven (28%) reported headaches, and one (4%) reported more than one lower respiratory symptom. The authors conclude that a health hazard existed from excessive exposure to heat stress. Caustics and reactive dyes presented potential health hazards from dermal exposure. The authors recommend that a heat stress management program be implemented. The installation of engineering controls and the use of protective equipment by individual workers should be used to lessen the hazards of their jobs.
• Subjects:
  Coloring Agents Hot Temperature Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Sodium Hydroxide Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Aural Temperature Caprolactam Carcinogen Caustic Dye-industry Finishers Of Textiles Formaldehyde Hazard-Confirmed Heat-exposure Heat Stress HETA-91-169-2196 Hot-environments Hydrocarbons Mineral Spirits NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 4 Personal Protective Equipment Reactive Dyes Sodium Hydroxide Textile-workers

  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA911692196
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; 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:
  37 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Salisbury, Stanley A. ; Kiefer, Max
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00208275
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-219773
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 91-169-2196, 1992 Mar ; :1-40
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; epsilon-Caprolactam (CAS RN 105-60-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2269 - Finishing plants, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9603a9515023aa938000ad4ccdfaaf26ab8f85c1dc6654cd5dc0b39e57b5bde8db30a16cd5c0f73eada58e62ea79da656bff5f77a63b25c1740a4a614426a41f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171586/cdc_171586_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 211.79 KB ]