Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-96-390: Herald-Times, Inc.: 1900 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47401

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• Personal Author:
  Gill, Jack ; Kronoveter, Kenneth J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH at the Herald-Times, Inc., a newspaper (SIC-2711) with a daily circulation of about 26,000 papers, in Bloomington, Indiana, on September 22-23, 1976. An authorized employee representative requested the investigation to evaluate the potential hazard associated with the photo polymer system. About one year earlier several employees working near a basement sump complained of headache. The determinations were based on the results of environmental sampling, interview of nine affected employees, evaluation of work practices, and inspection of plant premises. The results show that air contamination does not pose a chronic health hazard
  
  however, there is an eye hazard because of potential contact with the process chemicals, primarily sodium-hydroxide (1310732) and phenol (108952). Exposures to oil mist and Stoddard solvent (8052413) in the press room do not constitute a health hazard. With the prevailing personal protection program and limited exposures, the noise levels in the press room do not present a hearing loss hazard, and neither does the sump box in the basement. The fork lift emitted hazardous concentrations of carbon-monoxide (630080). Three of the nine affected workers felt that the oil or ink mist made breathing unpleasant or bothered their breathing, and one of the three felt that the etching solution might cause minor skin irritation. Several recommendations for improving conditions are made. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Ear Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Hydrocarbons Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Printing Safety Safety Management Sense Organs Toxicology

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Carbon Monoxide Control-measures Eye Hazard Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-76-96-390 Industrial-plants Materials-handling-equipment NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Noise-control Oil Mist OSHA Region 5 Printing-equipment Printing-industry Printing-plants Safety-measures Stoddard Solvent Toxic-chemicals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7696390
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Bloomington (IN) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00069944
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273835
• 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 76-96-390, 1977 Apr ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2) ; Phenol (CAS RN 108-95-2) ; Stoddard solvent (CAS RN 8052-41-3) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• 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:ccd42425fa396bb9ad4dc6b6de74cb198772509ab53326dab2920ef49e06a326c65d173d1e473f749675bb05f12a6b5f5dc66fd619ed24edd665b5e136fe21d7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173935/cdc_173935_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.58 MB ]