In-depth industrial hygiene report of ethylene oxide exposure at Union Carbide Corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia.

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• Personal Author:
  Boyle T ; Marlow, David A. ; Oser J ; Young M
• Description:
  Worker exposure to ethylene-oxide (75218), propylene-oxide (75569), isopropyl-alcohol (67630) and allyl-alcohol (107186) was surveyed at Union Carbide Corporation (SIC-2869) in South Charleston, West Virginia, on May 30 and June 1, 1978. The facility employed approximately 1,700 workers and had industrial hygiene, medical and safety programs. Pre-employment and periodic medical examinations were given. Employees were expected to use appropriate protective equipment supplied by the company. Personal air monitoring and sampling were conducted and analysis was performed by gas chromatography. Concentrations of ethylene-oxide, propylene-oxide, isopropyl-alcohol and allyl-alcohol ranged from 1.6 to 23, 0.2 to 2.5, 0.2 to 1.2 and 0.4 to 4.7 parts per million (ppm), respectively. OSHA standards for ethylene-oxide, propylene-oxide, and isopropyl-alcohol were 50, 100 and 400ppm for an 8-hour time weighted average exposure. Allyl-alcohol standards were not given. The authors note that the sampling results were below detectable limits or OSHA standards.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Hematologic Tests Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Control-methods Field-Study Health-services Health-surveys Industrial-processes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-health-programs Organic-chemicals Region-3 Standards 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:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• 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:
  1-24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00109857
• 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 67-10, 1979 Aug; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8) ; (±)-Propylene oxide (CAS RN 75-56-9) ; Isopropanol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Allyl alcohol (CAS RN 107-18-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2869 - Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fd81094d607e5ba0d2ee5ad0e31eca9117543090b7dcd9176f0af03fa5db6d767d703759fedc0b00746f266398b7adf7fe70e006a563158d32005aaf29f350a6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179088/cdc_179088_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.32 MB ]