Industrial hygiene survey of the B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company, Polyvinyl Chloride Operations, Avon Lake, Ohio.

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• Personal Author:
  Jones J
• Description:
  Worker exposures to vinyl-chloride (75014) (VC) airborne polyvinyl- chloride (9002862) (PVC) dust and noise were surveyed at the B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company (SIC-282) Polyvinyl Chloride Operations in Avon Lake, Ohio, from December 4 to 11, 1975. The facility manufactured PVC by using suspension and emulsion processes. Plasticizers, polyurethanes and acrylates also were produced. Two hundred persons were employed in the PVC polymerization areas. The study was conducted as part of a NIOSH industrywide study were of the vinyl-chloride industry. Personal VC concentrations ranged from ranged from 1.4 to 22.7ppm. Area concentrations of VC ranged from 1.0 to 15.9ppm and PVC dust concentrations ranged from 2 to 18.62 milligrams per cubic centimeter. Noise levels ranged from 62 to 96 decibels. The author concludes that VC concentration have been reduced significantly since a walk through survey in March 1974 but they were not below the current OSHA standard of 1ppm.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Radiation Dosimeters Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Field-Study Health-hazards NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Noise-analysis Noise-levels Occupational-exposure Plastics Region-5 Standards

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106167
• 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, IWS 49-15, 1976 Mar; :1-25
• CAS Registry Number:
  Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4) ; Poly(vinyl chloride) (CAS RN 9002-86-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  282 - Plastics Materials and Synthetics - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f374393a5f675f1a8ea3a88ebe3556cc3cc630d76334105778ee3454223922a7a41e0e5b26b24e21701820182c96f1249d589e0e77f777f4b64b5723609d5c61
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179044/cdc_179044_DS1.pdf
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