Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-83-425-1500: Westview Press; Boulder, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; London, Matthew A. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for perchloroethylene (127184) and petroleum naphtha at Westview Press (SIC-2731), Boulder, Colorado in September and November of 1983. The survey was requested to evaluate menstrual problems among the employees. Fifty-one current female employees were interviewed and given a confidential questionnaire pertaining to medical, smoking, job, and menstrual history. Concentrations of perchloroethylene ranged from less than 0.01 to 107 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) and petroleum naphtha from less than 0.01 to 118mg/m3. The OSHA standard for perchloroethylene is 678mg/m3. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists' standard for petroleum naphtha is 350mg/m3. Thirty-six employees reported symptoms. The most frequently reported symptoms were headaches, sneezing, itchy and watery eyes, running or stuffy nose, rash, and dry skin. Six female employees reported menstrual problems. The authors conclude that the menstrual problems do not appear to be work related. A potential health hazard due to perchloroethylene exposure does exist. They recommend that local exhaust ventilation be installed over the printing press to reduce perchloroethylene exposure and that employees be provided with well lighted, low glare work areas.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Printing Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-83-425-1500 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-vapors OSHA Region 8 Perchloroethylene Petroluem Naphtha Printing Printing-industry Toxic-vapors

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA834251500
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00146658
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-220846
• 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 83-425-1500, 1984 Aug ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Editor(s):
  Emerson, Loraine
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2731 - Book publishing - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a99fff78c58bde2efed77973d08aa3e3cada3b3bad69db641e596d3dd0be717e423215588b202a1464ad196f99900c71bd70377b684683a350af57b41642414f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172730/cdc_172730_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.20 MB ]