Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. HHE-79-094-923: Exxon Chemical Company: Pottsville, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Donohue, Michael T. ; Lewis, Frank A. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to various chemicals were surveyed on June 12 and 13 and December 5, 1979 and in March, 1980 at Exxon Chemical (SIC- 3079) in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The evaluation was requested by a representative of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Air and bulk samples were collected, and 80 workers completed medical questionnaires along with blood lead (7439921) and urinary chromium (7440473) tests. Environmental and bulk sample concentrations of ozone (10028156), lead-chromate (7758976), acetic- acid (64197), hydrocarbons, total dust, 2,6-di-t-butyl-p-cresol, lead, and chromium, butane (106978), pentane (109660), and n-hexane (110543) were either not detectable or were within acceptable limits. Blood lead and urinary chromium concentrations were less than 40 micrograms per 100 milliliters and less than 350 nanograms per milliliter, respectively. The authors conclude that no hazardous exposures exist at this facility. They recommend medical monitoring, provision of showers and changing rooms, prohibition of smoking, eating, and drinking in areas of chemical use, and reevaluation of the ventilation system for the blown film machine.
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE79094923
• 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:
  19 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00118859
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-102889
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 79-094-923, 1981 July ; 1-19
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6) ; Lead chromate (VI) (CAS RN 7758-97-6) ; Acetic acid (CAS RN 64-19-7) ; Butane (liquified gas) (CAS RN 106-97-8) ; n-Pentane (CAS RN 109-66-0) ; n-Hexane (CAS RN 110-54-3)
• Editor(s):
  Sgro, Deborah A.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3079 - Miscellaneous Plastics Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:045957c323fb3b43afc7b668b0b63c8230f0568358639d15c83d9a87ab9fac38ef3c3c104531c7f1edc9006bf78d840a5d11e065a48717e407b491360421c0ac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173322/cdc_173322_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.98 MB ]