Industrial hygiene report in-depth survey, solvent vapor survey of screen printing operations at Rand Display 40-24 22nd Street Long Island City, New York.

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• Personal Author:
  Vongrungsemon P
• Description:
  Worker exposures to solvents were surveyed on January 23 to 25, 1968, at Rand Display (SIC-2751) in Long Island City, New York. The company employed 25 workers. Personal and area air samples were analyzed. Concentrations of toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), methyl-isobutyl-ketone (108101), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), ethyl- acetate (141786), butyl-acetate (123864), cyclohexanone (108941), 1,3,5-trimethyl-benzene (108678), 1,2,3-trimethyl-benzene (526738), 1,2,4-trimethyl-benzene (95636) were well below respective OSHA standards of 100, 100, 100, 200, 400, 150, 50, 25, 25, and 25 parts per million (ppm). Some workers were exposed to concentrations of solvent mixtures in excess of the 1.0ppm OSHA standard. The author recommends improved engineering controls, use of respirators and protective clothing, careful personal and workplace hygiene habits, and education of workers about the proper use and health risks of solvents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Printing Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Printing-industry; Region-5; Health-surveys; Workplace-studies; Air-contamination; Health-services; Industrial-processes; Occupational-health-programs
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; 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:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00107099
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81244691
• 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 77-25, 1980 Dec; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene (CAS RN 526-73-8) ; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene (CAS RN 95-63-6) ; Butyl acetate (CAS RN 123-86-4) ; Cyclohexanone (CAS RN 108-94-1) ; Ethyl acetate (CAS RN 141-78-6) ; Mesitylene (CAS RN 108-67-8) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Methyl isobutyl ketone (CAS RN 108-10-1) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2751 - Commercial Printing, Letterpress - (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/233609/cdc_233609_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]