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Title: Health hazard evaluation report HETA 84-319-1649, Pioneer Ministries, Wheaton, Illinois

Abstract

Following a request from the management, a health-hazard evaluation of the print room of Pioneer Ministries, Wheaton, Illinois, was conducted to determine the source of the complaints of a former employee of headaches and numbness in the hands. The former employee and the printroom employee were interviewed. Ventilation measurements were taken. General area and personal air samples were collected in charcoal tubes and analyzed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Ventilation measurements showed that 0.8 cubic feet of air per minute per square foot of floor space was supplied to the print room. Qualitative analysis of general-area air samples revealed isopropanol, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, xylenes, various C8 through C10 aliphatics, and C9H12 aromatics. Personal air samples showed no cellosolves above the detection limit and trace quantities of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, xylene, isopropanol, and total hydrocarbons. No cyclohexanone above the detection limit was found. The author concludes that no health hazard exists from exposure to chemical substances used in the printing process at this facility.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5131266
Report Number(s):
PB-86-223070/XAB; HETA-84-319-1649
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE; INSPECTION; NIOSH; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TOXICITY; AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POLLUTION; SAFETY; SOLVENTS; US ORGANIZATIONS; 500200* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 552000 - Public Health

Citation Formats

Almaguer, D. Health hazard evaluation report HETA 84-319-1649, Pioneer Ministries, Wheaton, Illinois. United States: N. p., 1986. Web.
Almaguer, D. Health hazard evaluation report HETA 84-319-1649, Pioneer Ministries, Wheaton, Illinois. United States.
Almaguer, D. 1986. "Health hazard evaluation report HETA 84-319-1649, Pioneer Ministries, Wheaton, Illinois". United States.
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author = {Almaguer, D},
abstractNote = {Following a request from the management, a health-hazard evaluation of the print room of Pioneer Ministries, Wheaton, Illinois, was conducted to determine the source of the complaints of a former employee of headaches and numbness in the hands. The former employee and the printroom employee were interviewed. Ventilation measurements were taken. General area and personal air samples were collected in charcoal tubes and analyzed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Ventilation measurements showed that 0.8 cubic feet of air per minute per square foot of floor space was supplied to the print room. Qualitative analysis of general-area air samples revealed isopropanol, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, xylenes, various C8 through C10 aliphatics, and C9H12 aromatics. Personal air samples showed no cellosolves above the detection limit and trace quantities of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, xylene, isopropanol, and total hydrocarbons. No cyclohexanone above the detection limit was found. The author concludes that no health hazard exists from exposure to chemical substances used in the printing process at this facility.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986}
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