Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-69-522: Chicago Tribune: Chicago, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Salisbury, Stanley A. ; Salisbury, Stanley A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical surveys were conducted on May 3 and 4, and September 29 and 30, 1977, to evaluate exposures to airborne ink mist at the Chicago Tribune (SIC-2711) in Chicago, Illinois. The evaluation was requested by the Business Representative for the Chicago Web Pressmans Union Number 7 on behalf of 350 pressmen, Junior Pressmen, and Apprentice Pressmen working in the pressroom. Many of the complaints and health problems reported by employees were not associated with ink mist exposure. One personal sample exceeded the OSHA standard of 5 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) for ink mist. Oil mist combined with ink mist during roller lubrication generated excessive mist exposure for the pressman. Airborne trace metals were below hazardous concentrations. Atmospheric sampling and analysis of black ink did not reveal the presence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Benzidine (92875) and 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine (91941) were not detected in the atmospheric yellow ink mist samples. The concentration and composition of the airborne paper dust was not considered hazardous. The author concludes that inhalation of ink mist and paper dust at the concentrations found in the pressroom did not pose a health hazard at the time of the surveys. Precautions should be taken to minimize exposure of the pressmen to ink mist generated by operating presses, pressmen should wear the disposable single use mist masks when servicing operating printing units, that pressmen who come in contact with inks should be instructed to wash their hands before smoking or eating, kerosene should be stored in fire resistant safety containers with self closing lids, and cleanup personnel should be provided with protective clothing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Carcinogens Dust Ink Labor Unions Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Printing Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Solvents Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  3,3-dichlorobenzidine Air-contaminants Analytical-methods Benzidine Black Ink Oil Cadmium Chromium Employee-exposure Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-77-69-522 Humans Inks Lead Lubricating-oil-mists Nickel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Oil Mist OSHA Region 5 Paper Dust Polynuclear Aromatic Classification Printing-industry Protective-equipment Respiratory-system-disorders Total Ink Mist Unions Vapors

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)   ; Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)  
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7769522
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Chicago (IL) ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kramkowski, Richard S. ; Bryant, Charles J. ; Richmond, Elizabeth D.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099491
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-150526
• 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 77-69-522, 1978 Aug ; :1-21
• CAS Registry Number:
  Benzidine (CAS RN 92-87-5) ; 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine (CAS RN 91-94-1) ; Benzidine (CAS RN 92-87-5) ; 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine (CAS RN 91-94-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2711 - Newspapers - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9a82766446034a9b52fe639689cf90ec334e91a37058eca56c3261c17d68347c6504d42fa5c6c50596f99a4011a2f6ac6f24a7ab2fa47053c246600d36e74177
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173607/cdc_173607_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.84 MB ]