Dioxin registry report: walk-through survey of pentachlorophenol production facility at Vulcan Materials Company, Wichita, Kansas.

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• Personal Author:
  Fingerhut M ; Marlow, David A.
• Description:
  A walkthrough survey of the pentachlorophenol (87865) (PCP) production facility at Vulcan Materials Company (SIC-2865), Wichita, Kansas, August 1983 was conducted. The purpose of the survey was to determine if the PCP workers should be included in the Dioxin Registry. Breathing zone and environmental samples were analyzed for PCP, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs). All PCP concentrations were below the OSHA standard of 0.5 milligram per cubic meter. Breathing zone PCDDs concentrations ranged from less than 0.008 to 1,067 nanograms per cubic meter. Bulk samples contained up to 893 micrograms per gram (microg/g) PCDDs and up to 12.7microg/g PCDFs. The personnel department maintained files for all current and approximately 1,800 terminated employees. Medical files existed for terminated employees back to 1976. The company had a medical surveillance program for all employees provided by an outside contractor and employed a full time nurse. The facility had a well organized safety program. There was a formal set of general safety rules for the entire facility and a set of specific safety rules for each department. The authors conclude that the PCP workers at the facility should be included in the Dioxin Registry.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Asbestos Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Chemical-analysis Chemical-manufacturing-industry Field-Study Inhalants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Quantitative-analysis Region-7 Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Kansas ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-71
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00155454
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 117-19, 1985 Nov; :1-71
• CAS Registry Number:
  Pentachlorophenol (CAS RN 87-86-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2865 - Cyclic crudes and intermediates - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7426143e66d2fd189d71ed49e09a464265829094f587369e437cf588f5f26f73f249902b111724923b1aa5c747d67e7fd503a4b0e0cbd3cceb8949479f8a8c26
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179776/cdc_179776_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.88 MB ]