Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE-81-032-1174: Tahoe Designs; Tahoe City, California

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• Personal Author:
  Pryor, Paul D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Potential hazardous chemical exposures caused by the heat transfer of rubber ink labels onto garments were investigated at Tahoe Designs (SIC-2751), Tahoe City, California. Management requested the study before the facility relocated to the Tahoe City site. It was performed in April and June, 1981. The heat transfer operation was normally performed by one to three employees. Health complaints from the old site included cough, chest tightness, sore throat, eye and nose irritation, and headaches. Qualitative analysis of heated raw materials used in the transfer process indicated vinyl-chloride (75014), hydrogen-chloride (7647010), formaldehyde (50000), phthalates, benzene (71432), hexane (110543), styrene (100425), and other chemicals. Benzene was found in concentrations ranging from for suspect human carcinogens be reduced as much as possible. Other chemicals were below the detection limit. Ventilation was adequate at the work site. Employees reported that symptoms had ameliorated since the company relocated. The author concludes that exposure to hazardous chemicals at the new work site were below recommended limits except for benzene. Recommendations to reduce problems if the rate of production increases or if problems arise similar to those that occurred at the old site are provided.
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Environmental Monitoring Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Textile Industry Vinyl Chloride
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Benzene Commerical Printing, Letterpress, And Screen Employee-exposure Formaldehyde Garment-workers Hazards-Confirmed Heat-treatment Heat Transfers Hexane HHE-81-32-1174 Hydrogen Chloride NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 9 Phthalates Printers Styrene Thermal Degradation Vinyl Chloride Vinyl Inks

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE81321174
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00130029
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-149129
• 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, HHE 81-32-1174, 1982 Sep ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4) ; Hydrogen chloride (CAS RN 7647-01-0) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; n-Hexane (CAS RN 110-54-3) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5)
• Editor(s):
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2751 - Commercial Printing, Letterpress - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c0209b39a0e2ef792d8299ac3302503dc969954bc4e2cc2057c6ac640413aa4cdda67168f7cfc8db49d101c569c9841e51cb5924ec1e2b696df9e28bd1bf0a0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172963/cdc_172963_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.82 MB ]