Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-319-1649: Pioneer Ministries; Wheaton, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Almaguer, Daniel
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Following a request from the management, a health hazard evaluation of the print room of Pioneer Ministries (SIC-8661), Wheaton, Illinois, was conducted to determine the source of the complaints of a former employee of headaches and numbness in the hands. The former employee and the printroom employee were interviewed. Ventilation measurements were taken. General area and personal air samples were collected in charcoal tubes and analyzed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Ventilation measurements showed that 0.8 cubic feet of air per minute per square foot of floor space was supplied to the print room. Qualitative analysis of general area air samples revealed isopropanol (67630), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556), xylenes, various C8 through C10 aliphatics, and C9H12 aromatics. Personal air samples showed no cellosolves above the detection limit and trace quantities of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, xylene, isopropanol, and total hydrocarbons. No cyclohexanone (108941) above the detection limit was found. The author concludes that no health hazard exists from exposure to chemical substances used in the printing process at this facility. No evidence suggests that the airborne contaminants detected could produce the symptoms complained of by the former employee. Care in solvent use, good personal hygiene, education of print room personnel in potential health hazards, and use of safety glasses are recommended for this print room.
• Subjects:
  Chlorine Compounds Cyclohexanones Fatty Acids Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Printing Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Aliphatic-compounds Aromatic-hydrocarbons Cellosolves Chlorinated-ethanes Cyclohexanone Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-84-319-1649 Isopropyl Alcohol NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Printers Printing Press Propanols Religious Organizations Solvent

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA843191649
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kramkowski, Richard S.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00163123
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-22SubjectCorporate and SubjectPersonal
• 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 84-319-1649, 1986 Jan ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Cyclohexanone (CAS RN 108-94-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8661 - Religious organizations - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:85e8c5f7ef630ac02b9b0bd5453f73d4401e09da195cb15fdd43f28f50807c9066e77fec66f3e77865224ba3c77e28e0234bfbdaa471baad1ed6b938061a19ea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172228/cdc_172228_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.15 MB ]