HHE determination report no. HHE-75-181-287, Fibreboard Corporation, Stockton, California.
Source
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 75-181-287, 1976 May; :1-8
Abstract
Employees in the Litho Department of the Fibreboard Corporation Plant (SIC-2661) in Stockton, California, are not found to be exposed to toxic concentrations of dusting powders, but are exposed to airborne dust levels from the powders which exceed the State of California OSHA standard and the threshold limits for nuisance dust. Safety recommendations include servicing of exhaust ventilation systems regularly, vacuum cleaning instead of dry sweeping, and making NIOSH Certified Respirators available whenever needed.
Keywords
NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation; Region-9; HHE-75-181-287; Dust-control; Threshold-limit-values; Safety-values; Printing-industry; Litho-press-workers; Hazards; Control-methods; Air-contamination; Hazard-Confirmed;
Author Keywords: Lithography Printing Press; Dusting Powders; Nuisance Dust
Document Type
Field Studies; Health Hazard Evaluation
NTIS Accession No.
PB89-140230
Identifying No.
HHE-75-181-287
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
