Health-hazard evaluation report HETA 88-346-2030, Graphic Creations, Inc. , Warren, Rhode Island
In response to a request from the management of Graphic Creations, Inc., Warren, Rhode Island, an evaluation was made of employee exposures to hydroquinone and printing press cleaning solvents which contained benzene. The printing process involves photographic art work producing a negative, making a plate, exposing the plate in an exposure frame, and installing the plate on the press. The only ventilation was an air conditioning unit installed in 1972. The evaluation results indicated exposures to isopropyl-alcohol concentrations ranging from nondetectable to 31.4mg/m3, naphtha from 81.74 to 914.8mg/m3, and 2-butoxyethanol from nondetectable to 2.56mg/m3. Personal breathing zone exposures to benzene were observed to range from 0.98 to 1.0 parts per million. Hydroquinone was not detected. The author concludes that a health hazard did exist for employees exposed to naphtha, benzene and 2-butoxyethanol. The author recommends measures to minimize these exposures.
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6145597
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-116541/XAB; HETA--88-346-2030
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
ALCOHOLS
AROMATICS
BENZENE
COAL TAR OILS
DISTILLATES
ENERGY SOURCES
ETHANOL
FEDERAL REGION I
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
INDUSTRY
NAPHTHA
NORTH AMERICA
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SOLVENTS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERSONNEL
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
POLLUTION
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
QUINONES
RECOMMENDATIONS
RHODE ISLAND
SOLVENTS
USA