Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-324-1279: Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc.; Stockertown, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Lewis, Frank A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from employees of Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. (SIC-2952), Stockertown, Pennsylvania, a study was made of possible hazardous exposures to substances during the loading and unloading of coal-tar-pitch (65996932) at the Cooper's Creek Chemical site in Conshohocken. The company distills coal tar for the manufacture of roof coating products. During the loading operation a feeder line is connected into the dome opening of the storage tank, and the feeder pump activated. The driver wears chemical goggles and butyl rubber gloves. During unloading operations the driver connects the hose to the truck tank bottom flange and to a pump at the site. The driver must go up on top of his truck to observe when the tank is finally emptied. Drivers wear insulated gloves and chemical goggles. Loading and unloading each require about 3 to 5 minutes. Breathing zone samples revealed no polynuclear aromatics in the breathing zone of the driver. During the loading operation, only very small concentrations of phenanthrene (85018) (0.006 milligrams per cubic meter) and anthracene (120127) (0.003 milligrams per cubic meter) were detected in the driver's breathing zone. The author concludes that no health hazard exists during loading and unloading operations at this site. The author recommends that impervious thermal gloves, shoes and chemical goggles or a face shield be worn when handling hot liquid coal tar pitch and that protective clothing and equipment be removed only in a change room.
• Subjects:
  Coal Tar Eye Foreign Bodies Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Protective Clothing Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Anthracene Aromatic-hydrocarbons Asphalt Felts And Coatings Chemical Tank Car Transfer Operations Coal Tar Pitch Coal Tar Pitch Volatiles Eye-irritants Eye Irritation Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-82-324-1279 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Personal-protective-equipment Phenanthrene Polvnuclear Aromatics Protective-clothing Skin-irritants Skin Irritation Storage-containers Volatiles

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA823241279
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  9 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Tomassini, Mary
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00178918
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-209808
• 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, HETA 82-324-1279, 1983 Mar ; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Pitch, coal tar, high-temp. (CAS RN 65996-93-2) ; Phenanthrene (CAS RN 85-01-8) ; Anthracene (CAS RN 120-12-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2952 - Asphalt felts and coatings - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:55d99f26cb9cd5fcc064be68cf61a5c515d30dbd224abde6fb7d9e5b0c73e02bf2b82353f6502e942d2cdfe03a9f9be19854da57118e3b97ae6dfb2af102b9f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172020/cdc_172020_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.62 MB ]