Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-48-462: Jefferson Chemical Company: Port Neches, Texas

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• Personal Author:
  White, Gary L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An investigation to determine the effects of various chemical exposures on workers was made at the Jefferson Chemical Co. (SIC- 2819) which produces a variety of chemical substances, many of which serve as feedstock to produce the final products. The majority of the substances are produced and handled in closed reactor systems and distillation units. The final products are loaded into tank cars, trucks and drums. General area and personal samples for organic vapors were obtained. Private interviews with employees selected at random were conducted and nondirected medical questionnaires were compiled. The first aid facilities and medical programs were also reviewed along with selected blood lead (7439921) data. A hazard to the health of laboratory workers did not exist at the time of the surveys as indicated by air sampling results. A potential health hazard existed for workers assigned to the refinery gas feedstock unit, due to benzene (71432) vapor exposures as indicated by air sampling results. A health hazard was not indicated for employees of the ethanolamine (141435) production unit based on the results of the type of air samples obtained. A health hazard was not indicated for employees of the phenol (108952) processing unit based on the results of the type air samples obtained. A determination of potential health hazards was not possible for the Cell Renewal Area due to the operation not being on line at the time of the surveys. A potential health hazard existed for employees of the DDM production unit based on work practice observations and spent catalyst dust analysis. The spent catalyst contained approximately 0.6 percent aniline (62533) and 9 percent diaminodiphenyl-methane (DDM) isomers by weight. The workers were not adequately protected for the catalyst dumping operation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Amines Benzene Carcinogens Dust Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Phenol Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Analine Aromatic-hydrocarbons Benzene Catalyst Chemical-manufacturing-industry Diaminodiphenyl Fume Hood Hazards-Confirmed HHE-77-48-462 Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health OSHA Region 6 Phenols

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7748462
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Texas ; Port Neches (TX) ; 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Geissert, Jack O. ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Goetz, Carol
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080148
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-199696
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 77-48-462, 1978 Feb ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Ethanolamine (CAS RN 141-43-5) ; Phenol (CAS RN 108-95-2) ; Aniline (CAS RN 62-53-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2819 - Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d85c9b6bf9fd30e8eb9b37b27a9623d76fb204a8d664d78fca1177779c42018b89d1cde695932d2b1ec43559c83faf2549fb761d1637e5051c913ed29ae0d92f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173827/cdc_173827_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.27 MB ]