Industrial hygiene walk-through survey at Shell Oil Company Refinery, Odessa, Texas.

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• Personal Author:
  Futagaki S
• Description:
  Worker exposures to carbon-monoxide (630080), hydrogen-sulfide (7783064), and benzene (71432) were surveyed at the Shell Oil Company Refinery (SIC-2911) in Odessa, Texas on December 19 and 20, 1978. The facility was surveyed as part of a NIOSH study of the industrial hygiene characteristics of petroleum refineries. Approximately 100 of the employees at the facility were assigned to the production areas surveyed. All employees received preplacement medical examination and periodic medical examinations. Air samples for carbon-monoxide, hydrogen-sulfide, and benzene ranged from 1 to 10, 1 to 5, and 1 to 5 parts per million, respectively. No detectable concentrations of nitrogen-dioxide, ammonia, or aromatic amines were found. The author notes that data provided by this survey allowed development of a survey protocol which reduced the scope of the NIOSH petroleum refinery study to three key types of process units; the fluid catalytic cracker unit, the delayed coker unit, and the asphalt processing unit.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Education Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Field-Study Health-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Oil-refineries Organic-solvents Region-6
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115399
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 90-11, 1981 Apr; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• 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-512:53fff08156c16fe7b817291a79639151e87f3e9404ee2b1d7eed61cb9d628566181ff7398aee551cf86310c36627a59fdaf2996050af4d7b678c1be41e1c3ca6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179118/cdc_179118_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 416.67 KB ]