Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE-81-005-834: Public Employees' Retirement Association; Denver, Colorado

Thoburn, Theodore W.

doi:10.26616/NIOSHHHE81005834

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Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE-81-005-834: Public Employees' Retirement Association; Denver, Colorado

1981/03/01
By Thoburn, Theodore W.
Series: Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)

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Personal Author:

Thoburn, Theodore W.
Corporate Authors:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Description:

Respiratory symptoms among employees of the Public Employees' Retirement Association (SIC-8321) in Denver, Colorado, were investigated on November 24, 1980. A representative of the Public Employees' Retirement Association requested the evaluation on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Symptoms of burning and tearing of eyes, throat irritation, shortness of breath, and a burning sensation of the skin were reported by workers when entering the basement vault. Examination of the vault's contents revealed hydrocarbon solvent vapors from the ink of blank checks stored in the vault as the probable source of the reported respiratory symptoms. This problem was compounded by lack of ventilation in the vault which allowed the solvent vapors to collect. The author recommends that a ventilation system be installed if freshly printed checks are to be stored in the vault.
Subjects:

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Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
Keywords:

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Air-contamination Fireproof Vault Hazards-Confirmed Health-surveys HHE-81-005-834 Hydrocarbon-solvents Individual And Family Services Mucous Membrane Irritation NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 8 Printing Ink Pulmonary-system-disorders Ventilation-systems
Series:

Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE81005834
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Colorado ; OSHA Region 8

Colorado ; OSHA Region 8 Less -
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:

1-3
NIOSHTIC Number:

00115400
NTIS Accession Number:

PB83-103812
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 81-005-834, 1981 Mar; :1-3
Federal Fiscal Year:

1981
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

8321 - Individual and Family Services - (SIC 1972)
Resource Number:

HHE-81-005-834
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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