Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 77-70-515: Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Company: Rock Hill, South Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Elesh, W. Elva ; Taft, Richard M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and medical surveys were conducted from January 25 to 27, 1978, to evaluate airborne emissions from the dyeing of polyester fabric in the Screen Print Preparation Department of the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company (SIC-2262) in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The evaluation was requested by the nine potentially exposed employees. Analysis of environmental samples indicated that all chemical concentrations were below recommended environmental criteria. Medical surveys indicated prior exposure to an irritant substance. The authors conclude that a health hazard did not exist during the period of the evaluation. They recommend that exposure to benzene (71432) be kept as low as possible and that this chemical be replaced with less toxic substitutes whenever feasible, that an educational program be developed to inform employees of the hazards associated with their work, and that workers on the mixing platform be provided with protective clothing and an accessible emergency eye bath. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Benzene Coloring Agents Education Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Solvents Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Coloring-materials Dyeing Dyeing Of Polyester Fabric Hazard-Unconfirmed Headache HHE-77-70-515 Humans Industrial-chemicals NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Organic-solvents OSHA Region 4 Polyesters Protective-clothing Textile-fibers Volatile Organic Compounds

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7770515
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  South Carolina ; Rock Hill (SC) ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kominsky, John R. ; Roper, C. Paul ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Millson, Mark B. ; Marshall, Dorothy
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00099487
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-143836
• 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 77-70-515, 1978 Aug ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• 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-512:702c268531e8e816883de2da5cbafe46ea9911eba596704b73d73e470dba60155412b9e0c42bc483b0d630c55ec687b46d672c567aa0362ebb27786572f9986d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173611/cdc_173611_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 690.49 KB ]