Industrial hygiene report: walk-through survey of wood preservative treatment facility at Bell Lumber and Pole, New Brighton, Minnesota.

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• Personal Author:
  Timbie CY ; Todd AS
• Description:
  A preliminary survey of the Bell Lumber and Pole Company (SIC-2491) in New Brighton, Minnesota, was conducted on June 27, 1979. Process methods, potential or known exposure conditions, and test sampling methods were assessed to determine if a comprehensive investigation was needed to evaluate long term health effects associated with wood preserving. Fifteen of 27 employees at the facility treat utility poles with pentachlorophenol (87865) (PCP) using a nonpressure thermal process. Employee training and work practices, the occupational educational program, historical data, and results of safety and health monitoring were evaluated. General air sampling was conducted during regular operations at sites of potential exposure in order to evaluate different air sampling methods, define analytical limitations, and obtain a range of exposure levels during critical short term tasks. PCP concentrations were measured at 0.13 to 0.36 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) using a NIOSH procedure, and 0.27 to 1.33mg/m3 using a silica gel method. Airborne levels of PCP over a treatment tank decreased during the afternoon sampling period, possibly due to wind effects. The authors conclude that differences in results using the NIOSH procedure and the silica gel method could not be explained adequately because of the limited data obtained.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Asbestos Dust Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Coatings Construction-materials Contract-210-78-0060 Field-Study IWS-110-14-10 Lumber-industry Medical-screening NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Contract NIOSH-Survey Region-5 Wood-preserving Woodworkers Workplace-studies

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00092795
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1979 Sep; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Pentachlorophenol (CAS RN 87-86-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2491 - Wood preserving - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3f600f3f82db13e6b369c28b356a80394e8da49a98fc2d51411e930567842446324ab823869a88084dbc853f4d8ff089b2957279f70fdb21d27590fbf9fb241e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178934/cdc_178934_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 538.13 KB ]