Field survey on types of organic solvents used in enterprises of various sizes

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Hajime SamotoM Ikeda

Abstract

To examine (1) common types of organic solvent work and prevalent types of solvent used, and (2) possible association of high solvent concentration with types of solvent work and with enterprise size. The present survey was conducted in Kyoto, Japan, in April 2004 to March 2005. Air samples were collected in 1,010 solvent workplaces (SWPs) (>or=5 samples/SWP) in 156 enterprises of various sizes, and analyzed for 47 legally designated organic solvents by flame-ionization detector-equipped gas-liquid chromatography. The geometric mean value of the concentrations (after summation by use of the additiveness formula) in the >or=5 samples were taken as a representative value for the SWP. Solvent works were classified into 11 categories according to the Japanese regulation. Enterprises were classified in terms of number of employees. Degreasing (including cleaning and wiping) was the most common type of solvent work, followed by painting and printing, and toluene was the most often detected solvent (i.e., in 42% of the 1,010 SWPs). Further observation by types of solvent work disclosed that toluene was most common in printing (61%), painting (78%), and adhesive spreading/adhesion SWPs (47%), whereas isopropyl alcohol was the leading s...Continue Reading

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