Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 77-47-427: The Union 76 Oil Company: Nederland, Texas

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• Personal Author:
  Burroughs, G. Edward
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on April 5-7, 1977, at the Union 76 Oil Refinery (SIC-2911) near Nederland, Texas. The survey was prompted by a request from representative of the approximately 700 affected employees who were thought to be exposed to a variety of chemical fumes. Environmental sampling for benzene (71432), toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), cyclohexane (110827), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), hexane (110543), heptane (142825), ammonia (7664417), sulfuric-acid (7664939), and sodium-hydroxide (1310732) indicated that the employees were not exposed to potentially toxic concentrations of these materials. However, several of the samples analyzed for benzene were near the exposure limit recommended by NIOSH. For this reason, continued monitoring of atmospheric contaminants, particularly benzene, is recommended. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Alkalies Benzene Carcinogens Dust Environmental Monitoring Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Oil And Gas Industry Petroleum Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety Solvents

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Aliphatic-hydrocarbons Aromatic-hydrocarbons Exposure-limits Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-77-47-427 Inorganic-acids NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Oil-refineries Organic-solvents OSHA Region 6 Petroleum-industry Petroleum-products Petroleum-refining Refinery Volatile Organic Compounds

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7747427
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Texas ; Nederland (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:
  9 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Markel, Harry L. Jr. ; Flesch, Jerome P. ; Holthaus, Marie A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074935
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-137459
• 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 77-47-427, 1977 Sep ; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Cyclohexane (CAS RN 110-82-7) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; n-Hexane (CAS RN 110-54-3) ; n-Heptane (CAS RN 142-82-5) ; Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7 ; Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9) ; Sodium hydroxide (CAS RN 1310-73-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2911 - Petroleum refining - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d9d7846f7b41c4e663f180a21d960693fbb847bd093a31decee2332732c5e73871c7763b206d744f94e7cae49f8ee741bdd6f60e4e43f80fe1359141544071c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173905/cdc_173905_DS1.pdf
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