Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-347-956: Cincinnati Bulk Mail Center; Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Lucas, Cheryl
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were analyzed for nuisance dusts at the Cincinnati Bulk Mail Center (SIC-3579), in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 16, 17, and 22, 1981. The evaluation was requested by the management to determine the potential exposure of approximately 750 employees. Respirable particulate concentrations ranged from particulate concentrations ranged from 0.06 to 0.29mg/cum. All exposures were well below the OSHA standard of 5mg/cum for respirable particulates and 15mg/cum for total particulates. Analysis of area organic samples taken inside the catalog truck revealed toluene (108883) and xylene (1330207), concentrations ranging from 18 to 22mg/cum and 24 to 29mg/cum respectively. OSHA total standards for toluene and xylene are 750 and 435mg/cum, respectively. Total hydrocarbon concentrations ranged from 26 to 29mg/cum. The author concludes that a health hazard from air particulates did not exist at this facility and that health complaints reported by dock workers were caused by exposure to toluene, xylene, and minor amounts of other hydrocarbons which volatilized from printing inks. She recommends shipping of newly printed material in trailers which have ventilation ports, airing of newly printed materials, and regular cleaning and maintenance of dust collecting systems on the sack shake out machines.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81347956
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  14 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00119701
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-127381
• 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 81-347-956, 1981 September ; 1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Editor(s):
  Johnson, Patty
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3579 - Office machines, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8984b0eddebc377ccc3a2d134a3be23c6d51c056dfa653b2280560d32939f8726cb64499c1e944a323fe97cba4294714f8f63fae5a4dcea1ee7c2b04ca9ce5bd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173259/cdc_173259_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.48 MB ]