Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE-80-046-914: Consolidated Printing Ink Company, Inc.; West St. Paul, Minnesota

Details

• Personal Author:
  Jannerfeldt, Eric R. ; Stephenson, Richard L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to various chemicals were surveyed on January 24 and 25 and May 7 and 8, 1980 at Consolidated Printing Ink Company (SIC-2893) in West St. Paul, Minnesota. The evaluation was requested by a representative of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union on behalf of 59 production workers who reported various nonspecific health problems. Breathing zone and area air samples were analyzed for a wide variety of compounds. Concentrations of ethyl-acetate (141786), ethyl-alcohol (64175), isopropyl-alcohol (67630), methyl-alcohol (67561), methyl-ethyl- ketone (78933), methyl-isobutyl-ketone (108101), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), nuisance particulates, and sodium-hydroxide (1310732) were within respective permissible exposure limits of 1400, 1900, 984, 262, 590, 200, 840, 375, 434, 10, and 2 milligrams per cubic meter. Of the 52 workers questioned, symptoms of headache, nausea, and eye irritation occurred during operation of the ultraviolet ink manufacturing process. The authors conclude that many of the compounds could have caused the workers' symptoms, even though no excessive exposures exist. Recommendations for reducing the chemical exposures are included.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80046914
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Tharr, Dawn G.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00118857
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-106278
• 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, HHE 80-046-914, 1981 August ; 1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6) ; Ethanol (CAS RN 64-17-5) ; Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Methanol (CAS RN 67-56-1) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Methyl isobutyl ketone (CAS RN 108-10-1) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2)
• Editor(s):
  Burt, Cheryl A.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2893 - Printing ink - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:258750767580e586a39b69737758e7a5f9d0ba765861ae7ef1d7a50282b60eae5951d3bc7e84ba3944ae98a8595716e4375ffb56f2057f223a13b72d130b3dea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173324/cdc_173324_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.11 MB ]