Health Hazard Evaluation Report HHE 80-103-827: Joel & Aronoff; Ridgefield, New Jersey

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• Personal Author:
  Frederick, Linda J. ; Lee, Stephen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to organic vapors were surveyed on April 22 to 24, 1980 at Joel and Aronoff (SIC-2750) in Ridgefield, New Jersey. The evaluation was requested by an unspecified individual on behalf of 54 workers, following complaints of burning eyes and tongues, sore throats, breathing difficulties, chest pains, dizziness, nausea, and rashes among decal manufacturing workers. Personal breathing zone samples were collected, ventilation rates were measured, and workers were interviewed about work related health problems. Screen printers were exposed to a cleaning solvent containing xylene (1330207), toluene (108883), methyl-isobutyl-ketone (108101) (MIBK), and methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933) (MEK), and to isophorone (78591), in concentrations ranging from 42 to 85, 149 to 356, 52 to 126, 12 to 25, and 0.7 to 14 parts per million, respectively
  
  the corresponding OSHA standards are 100, 200, 100, 200 and 25 parts per million. Twenty seven of the 35 employees interviewed reported periodic work related symptoms. Capture velocities of local exhaust hoods over the printing presses were below detectable limits, while those of the exhaust systems in the screen cleaning room were up to 50 feet per minute. The authors conclude that screen printers are exposed to hazardous concentrations of cleaning solvents and isophorones. Recommendations include ventilation improvements and product substitution. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Butanones Cyclohexanones Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires Toluene Ventilation Xylenes

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• Keywords:
  2-ethoxyethyl Acetate Air-sampling Cleaning Solvents Commercial Printing Formaldehyde Hazards-Confirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-103-827 Industrial-hygiene Isophorone Methylene Chloride Methyl Ethyl Ketone Methyl Isobutyl Ketone Neurological Symptoms NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents Organic-vapors OSHA Region 2 Respiratory Irritation Screen Printing Toluene Trimethylbenzene Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80103827
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; Ridgefield (NJ) ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Berling, Leesa ; Woodruff, Jackie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114009
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-189226
• 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 80-103-827, 1981 Feb ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Methyl isobutyl ketone (CAS RN 108-10-1) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Isophorone (CAS RN 78-59-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  275 - Commercial Printing - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7b1829953fbe1ec573a9a6e7c47153feab76caf44ea646882ac83728174ecdc1977b8ed17d53dc242c62af6379fa8a335d932844e188cac5c567cdf8a110a2ec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173446/cdc_173446_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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