Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 74-113-192: Del Monte Corporation: Oakland, California

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• Personal Author:
  Okawa, Melvin T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The exposure of varnish room workers to petroleum-naphtha (8030306), xylenes (1330207), toluene (108883), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), and styrene (100425) vapors is not found to be toxic at 500 ppm, 100 ppm, 200 ppm, 200 ppm, and 100 ppm respectively in a label printing plant (SIC-2751). Evaporation of the compounds is increased at higher temperatures and re-evaluation of work area conditions by management is considered necessary during summer. Symptoms of adverse effects on the employees consist of eye irritation. Recommendations include proper maintenance of the system of exhaust and other ventilation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Eye Diseases Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Solvents Styrene Toluene Ventilation Xylenes
• Keywords:
  Aromatic-hydrocarbons Chemical-irritants Eye-disorders Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-74-113-192 Industrial-solvents Label Printing Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 9 Petroleum Naphtha Varnish Ventilation-systems Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE74113192
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Oakland (CA) ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00039600
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249372
• 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 74-113-192, 1975 May ; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Petroleum ether (CAS RN 8030-30-6) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2751 - Commercial Printing, Letterpress - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:16f62eec96c26928b256762dce473ba739534880de4f8f0ebcd68f43ffb1dfca4670aa62ffe382b20cc5fc8c8a5fe721165681812127e2a1c7d09ba60db518f9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174079/cdc_174079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 333.86 KB ]