Industrial hygiene survey of B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company, Polyvinyl Chloride Operations, Pedricktown, New Jersey.

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• Personal Author:
  Jones J
• Description:
  Worker exposures to vinyl-chloride (75014) (VC) were determined at the B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company (SIC-2821), Polyvinyl Chloride Operations, in Pedricktown, New Jersey from August 5 to 9, 1974. About 50 employees were assigned to the polyvinyl-chloride polymerization areas that were surveyed. The company maintained formal medical, industrial hygiene, and safety programs. VC sample concentrations ranged from nondetectable to 245.0 parts per million (ppm) with most samples below the 50ppm OSHA standard. Noise levels ranged from 71 to 106 decibels relative to the A-weighted scale. The author notes that exhaust ventilation modifications in progress at this facility should reduce VC concentrations to the proposed OSHA standard of 1.0ppm.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metal Workers Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Preceptorship Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Field-Study Health-surveys Industrial-processes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Noise-pollution Occupational-health-programs Plastics Region-2 Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; 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:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106832
• 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 49-17, 1975 Oct; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Vinyl chloride (CAS RN 75-01-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2821 - Plastics materials and resins - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4cdefb24ba8df65901672d79837f4ff465015759c1109f41f6bc32a6a6c0ee0517c79139c0bbc2eeb4fcbdc360893d5c184253cd0b056e471f01e6793adad256
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179060/cdc_179060_DS1.pdf
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