Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. HHE-80-192-828, Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company, Rock Hill, North Carolina

摘要

Environmental air samples were analyzed for total and respirable dust, formaldehyde (50000), carbon-monoxide (630080), anisidine (29191524), o-toluidine (95534), and dimethylformamide (68122) at the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company (SIC-2260), Rock Hill, North Carolina on August 4, 1980. Medical interviews were also conducted with 22 workers. A representative of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union requested the evaluation on behalf of approximately 1700 workers. The authors recommend that worker exposures to formaldehyde be reduced to the lowest feasible limit due to the potential carcinogenicity of the chemical. They also recommend improved industrial hygiene monitoring, worker education, better ventilation in areas of solvent exposure, and an industrial hygiene survey of coating operations workers to develop an adequate medical surveillance program.