Workplace Monitoring for Printing & Packaging
Find occupational hygienists for printing workplace monitoring in Australia. Solvent vapour, isocyanate, noise, and UV curing emission monitoring for print and packaging facilities.
Common Exposures
Printing and packaging operations expose workers to a complex mixture of solvent vapours (toluene, xylene, MEK, ethyl acetate), isocyanates from two-pack inks and coatings, UV curing emissions (ozone, acrylates), and noise from presses, folders, and finishing equipment.
Modern printing processes have shifted from traditional solvent-based to UV-curable and water-based systems, changing but not eliminating the exposure profile. Screen printing, flexographic, and gravure processes retain significant solvent use. Monitoring must address the additive effects of mixed solvent exposures using the Safe Work Australia additive formula approach.
Key Hazards
- !Solvent vapours (toluene, xylene, MEK)
- !Isocyanates (two-pack systems)
- !Noise
- !UV curing emissions (ozone, acrylates)
- !Paper dust
- !Ink mist
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