Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report: HHE-77-13-414: Tee Printing; Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Burroughs, G. Edward
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An evaluation was made of possible hazardous working conditions at the Tee Printing Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, following a request from an authorized representative of management. Particular attention was given to the presence of vinyl-chloride (75014) monomer in rubber-based inks containing polyvinyl-chloride (9002862). At this facility silk screening was done on shirts in a three-step operation. The inks used were all approximately equal mixtures of a plasticizer, often dioctylphthalate (117817), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and pigments. It was thought that the black ink also contained small amounts of lead (7439921). Personal breathing zone air samples for the three workers involved in silk screening showed total dust concentrations of 1.7 to 2.5mg/m3 with area samples ranging from 1.9 to 5.3mg/m3. The six lead and seven vinyl-chloride samples were below the limits of detection. The author concludes that all exposures are below recommended limits. Since there were complaints of occasional irritation, particularly during cold weather, the author recommends that the ventilation system be upgraded to remove smoke from the oven area.
• Subjects:
  Dust Hydrocarbons Ink Lead Occupational Health Plastics Printing Safety
• Keywords:
  Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Dioctylphthalate Hazard-Unconfirmed NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 Plasticizers Printing-inks Silk Screening Total Dust Vinyl Chloride Monomer

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7713414
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; 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:
  4 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Straub, Wesley ; Holthaus, Marie A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00179873
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-221221
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 77-13-414, 1977 Aug ; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4) ; Polyvinyl Chloride (CAS RN 9002-86-2) ; Dioctylphthalate (CAS RN 117-81-7) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:138bb5c81a98889d8f99d9d7f86659380ad4b9fb5208edddea4637a0288e01fdad074bbc84aa1f1a3d80c1943c603d44858fd8d31c4e98943f90e293bebc3b34
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171926/cdc_171926_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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