Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-80-148-1025: Mountain Bell; Denver, Colorado

Details

• Personal Author:
  Pryor, Paul D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed for sodium- hydroxide (1310732), ethyl-alcohol (64175), triethylamine (121448), hexane (110543), and hydroquinone (123319) at Mountain Bell (SIC- 481) in Denver, Colorado on June 19 to 20, 1980, and on September 2 to 3, 1981. An unidentified individual requested the evaluation on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Sodium-hydroxide, ethyl- alcohol, triethylamine, hexane, and hydroquinone were all well below their respective NIOSH and OSHA standards of 2, 1900, 100, 360, and 2 milligrams per cubic meter of air. Medical interviews revealed that Graphics clerks experienced some adverse health effects including eye, nose and throat irritation, chest tightness, and dermatitis. The author concludes that all chemical exposures were below applicable criteria, although exposures to hazardous chemicals may have existed in the past. The author suggests the provision of adequate dilution ventilation, use of appropriate personal protective equipment, and worker education.
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA801481025
• 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:00123660
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-182759
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 80-148-1025, 1981 December ; 1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Ethanol (CAS RN 64-17-5) ; Triethylamine (CAS RN 121-44-8) ; n-Hexane (CAS RN 110-54-3) ; Hydroquinone (CAS RN 123-31-9)
• Editor(s):
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  481 - Telephone Communication - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c4123e8138d1f8992bc4b8589b262f47c4b1b63b31f583766b391c6d916c244804b69172542aff12a40acae8ba3927f895cfa67c448772156598b7a4a4024f5e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173166/cdc_173166_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.86 MB ]