Industrial hygiene walk-through survey report of Tetra Pak Incorporated, Denton, USA Plant, Denton, Texas.

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• Personal Author:
  Goodman RJ ; Krishnan ER ; McCammon, Charles S.
• Description:
  A walk through industrial hygiene survey was conducted at the Tetra Pak Denton (SIC-3551, SIC-2851, SIC-2893) facility in Denton, Texas to determine possible employee exposure to acrylates or methacrylates. Acrylated inks and coatings have been used at this facility since 1984 to produce aseptic flexible packaging material for the food industry. There were three offset printing press lines used at the company, each with five offset presses to apply different colored inks. As many as five separate wet on wet applications of acrylated ink formulations sometimes preceded the coating application. After the inks were applied they were passed through an offset blanket coater. Following this step an electron beam curing unit radiated the inks and coating. Environmental enclosures surrounded the offset printing presses in order to cut down on noise and mist. Of the 176 employees at this company, 37 had potential contact with acrylates. No air monitoring has been conducted at this facility for acrylates. One case of dermatitis arose at the company since 1984 and possibly was related directly to skin contact with acrylates. There was a safety program in place at the company and personnel records were maintained for each employee. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Hypersensitivity Inhalation Exposure Ink Occupational Health Preceptorship Printing Safety Skin Solvents
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; IWS-157-18; Region-6; Skin-exposure; Allergic-reactions; Inhalants; Printing-inks; Vapors
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• 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:
  1-17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00173110
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88127246
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 157-18, 1987 Jun; :1-17
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3551 - Food Products Machinery - (SIC) ; 2851 - Paints and allied products - (SIC) ; 2893 - Printing ink - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233391/cdc_233391_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]