Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-310-1039: King-Smith Printing Company; Detroit, Michigan

Details

• Personal Author:
  Love, John R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal air samples were analyzed for 1,1,1-trichloroethane (71556), n-Butanol (71363), and perchloroethylene (127184), at the King Smith Printing Company (SIC-2752) on July 28, 1981. A representative of the Graphic Arts International Union, Local 289, requested the evaluation on behalf of one affected worker. 1,1,1- Trichloroethane concentrations ranged from none detected to 67 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/CuM), less than the NIOSH standard of 1910mg/CuM. n-Butanol concentrations ranged from 9.7 to 13mg/CuM , compared with the OSHA standard of 300mg/CuM. Concentrations of perchloroethylene were in the range of 22 to 30mg/CuM, below the OSHA standard of 670mg/CuM. The author concludes that a health hazard from solvents exposures did not exist at this facility. He recommends the use of gloves, reduction of perchloroethylene concentrations, and periodic environmental monitoring of the work area.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA813101039
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; 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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kominsky, John R. ; Anderson, Kern E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00123664
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-194531
• 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 81-310-1039, 1982 Jan ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; n-Butanol (CAS RN 71-36-3) ; Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Editor(s):
  Ivory, Margaret
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2752 - Commercial printing, lithographic - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:247bef74b03422745d53192b12769da2d4899df6088972eb824b78310d745cd5f1002f5292f05aaf43bf4d35e155205ade003af2279ff6db44375ca5cc1956c5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173162/cdc_173162_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.88 MB ]