Health Hazard Evaluation Report: MHETA-87-273-1866: Dalb, Inc.; Ranson, West Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Kullman, Greg J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A hazard evaluation was performed at Dalb, Inc. (SIC-2751, SIC- 3499), located near Ranson, West Virginia, in response to a request from management to explore possible exposures related to butyl- cellosolve (111762) solvent (ethylene-glycol-monobutyl-ether, EGBE). About 26 workers were involved in silkscreening signs for use on vending machines. None of the 14 personal exposure measurements taken for EGBE exceeded the OSHA limit of 50 parts per million (ppm), although six exceeded the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists threshold limit. On some occasions workers using EGBE to clean signs and silkscreens wore no protective masks, gloves, or goggles. A major exposure hazard existed during these operations for the absorption of EGBE through the skin. Pure EGBE was used in the spray trough and wash table areas, with large amounts of vapor release and employee exposure occurring. Exposures were high around the silkscreen printer, the open ink containers, and the conveyor area between the oven and dryer. The author concludes that some workers received excessive exposures to EGBE
  
  skin exposure increased total exposures for some workers. The author recommends that all employees wear personal protective gloves, eye goggles and aprons when working with EGBE. Recommendations for a ventilation system are included. All open ink and solvent containers should be covered.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Occupational Health Safety Skin Solvents
• Keywords:
  2-ethoxyethanol Air-contamination Butyl Cellosolve Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Hazard-Confirmed Inks MHETA-87-273-1866 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic Organic-solvents OSHA Region 3 Silkscreening Skin-exposure Solvent-vapors Solvents

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHMHETA872731866
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  17 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00179844
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-224696
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, MHETA 87-273-1866, 1987 Dec ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Butoxyethanol (CAS RN 111-76-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2751 - Commercial Printing, Letterpress - (SIC) ; 3499 - Fabricated metal products, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:69e60d3ad8c665dc9f7a8d69fc154df6bb20751fb097b990ab22f32caccf2114a816348b69691db8cacd0f63c6737f468630a91c188619a5734ae4b954bb249c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171944/cdc_171944_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 565.74 KB ]