Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-031-1209: Gulf Oil Corporation; Belle Chasse, Louisiana

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• Personal Author:
  Markel, Harry L. Jr. ; Slovin, Donald L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to phenol (108952) and hydrogen-fluoride (7664393) were investigated on January 22, 1981, at the Gulf Oil Corporation Alliance Refinery (SIC-2865) in Belle Chase, Louisiana. The survey was requested by an employee on behalf of about 24 exposed workers. Earlier air sample test results were reviewed along with the OSHA Illness/Injury log, and workers were given directed medical questionnaires. Reported workplace concentration of phenol and hydrogen-fluoride were well below the NIOSH 15-minute ceiling standards of 20 and 2.5 milligrams per cubic meter, respectively. Occasional eye irritation, sometimes accompanied by cough and nasal irritation, was reported by 83 percent of the workers. These symptoms were associated with the release of hydrogen-fluoride from the alkylation unit. No other frequent symptoms were reported. The authors conclude that no exposure hazard exists at the refinery. They recommend the use of alarm systems, protective equipment, and employee training.
• Subjects:
  Hydrofluoric Acid Hypersensitivity Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Oil And Gas Industry Phenol Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Allergies Control-technology Cyclic Organic Crudes And Intermediates And Organic Dyes And Pigments Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-81-031-1209 Hydrogen Fluoride Medical-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Oil-refinery-workers OSHA Region 6

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA810311209
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  14 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127553
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172972
• 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 81-031-1209, 1982 Oct ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Phenol (CAS RN 108-95-2) ; Hydrogen fluoride (CAS RN 7664-39-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• 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:f2a3a7d4d2714294d717acb5f902d0080a4a630735d975342bdd5b47aef7c6edbbd2486c4bac3f713f2f9cae7f7ee1f7295275144ae3adf4abfc0a45261c19cb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173099/cdc_173099_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.24 MB ]