Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-059-1752: Art Academy of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Reed, Laurence D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Health hazards were evaluated in classes of the Art Academy of Cincinnati (SIC-8221) in response to a request from the academy. There were 250 students and 30 faculty members, with 15 additional staff. Classes evaluated included silk screening, lithography, etching, sculpture, studio painting, woodworking, and photography. Possible exposures included inhalation and skin absorption of organic chemicals, airborne particulates, and noise. Total organic vapors in silk screening were reduced from 26.1mg/m3 during use of oil-based paints to 3.7mg/m3 after switching to water-based paints. In most classes, exposure to various organic compounds was not excessive, except in lithography, where perchloroethylene (127184) levels (2.0 to 2.4mg/m3) exceeded NIOSH recommended Lowest Feasible Level, based on its potential carcinogenic risk. Quartz (14808607) was detected in two area and one personal (sandstone material) samples. Total particulates in sculpture (up to 13.0mg/m3) and woodworking (up to 53.6mg/m3) exceeded the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists' limit of 10mg/m3. Sculpture yielded time weighted noise averages up to 102 A-decibels, above the NIOSH level of 85 A-decibels. The author concludes that a hazard did exist from excessive exposures to airborne particles and perchloroethylene in some classes. The author recommends using gloves, masks, water-based paints, and ear protection and education on safety issues.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Ear Noise Occupational Health Paint Particulate Matter Safety Sense Organs Wood
• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles Art Hazards Colleges, Universities, And Professional Schools Exposure-levels Hazards-Confirmed HETA-82-059-1752 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise-exposure Organic-chemicals Organic-vapors OSHA Region 5 Painting Stone-products Woodworkers

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA820591752
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  22 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Hartle, Richard W. ; Lucas, Andy ; Jolliffe, Lynette K.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00167878
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87-188744
• 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 82-059-1752, 1986 Dec ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4) ; Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8221 - Colleges and universities - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c88085d6d1463b7b9d25648ac0f64f2e8c05c3f05e371c32fcac336e605ef4cc5c7985f71c3ee0bedb48af59c218811f38755102953567a3886dae6171241f34
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172133/cdc_172133_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.61 MB ]