Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 78-107-563: Swinston Company: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Kominsky, John R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Concentrations of isophorone (78591), acetone (67641), xylene (1330207), and toluene (108883 ) were measured in the silk screen printing operation of the Swinston Company (SIC-2262) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 12 to 14, 1978. The evaluation was requested by an authorized representative of an unspecified number of employees of the company. Breathing zone air samples and a medical questionnaire were completed. Concentrations of acetone, xylene, and toluene were all below published occupational health criteria. One isophorone measurement of 25.7 parts per million (ppm) was above the OSHA 8 hour standard of 25ppm and could have caused the eye and nose irritation noted by an employee. The investigator recommends that a respirator be provided until local exhaust ventilation is improved, a respiratory protection program be established, protective clothing be worn, fire hazards be controlled, and the floor fan be modified. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Movements Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Hazardous Substances Irritants Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Solvents Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-flow Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-78-107-563 Irritant-gases Isophorone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents OSHA Region 3 Protective-equipment Silk Screen Printer Toxins Ventilation-systems Volatile Organic Compounds

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE78107563
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Pittsburgh (PA) ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kurimo, Robert W. ; Woodruff, Jackie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00101040
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-143711
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 78-107-563, 1979 Feb ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Isophorone (CAS RN 78-59-1) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2262 - Finishing plants, manmade - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d365124fb7fc80c92469c67ecb7c86ae2471092bfaff77b0237046da629b4cddd091d15b97fd3b1fdbc38600a4ce0d4484bd2dcf999e8bdb7d7385583aaee448
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173559/cdc_173559_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB ]