Phase III survey report no. 6, worker exposure to polyaromatic hydrocarbons at selected petroleum refinery process units, Koch Refining Company Rosemount, Minnesota.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to polyaromatic-hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined at the Koch Refining Company (SIC-2911), in Rosemount, Minnesota, on May 13 to 15, 1980. Personal and area air samples were collected in the fluid catalytic cracker and delayed coker units and area samples in the two asphalt processing units. Thirty two of the 33 personal and area air samples had detectable quantities of at least five PAHs or groups of PAHs. The cumulative PAH concentrations for individual samples ranged from none detected. Two upwind boundary samples ranged from none detected to 0.3 micrograms per cubic meter. The author concludes that workers at the fluid catalytic cracker unit and delayed coker unit were exposed to numerous PAHs, generally at low concentrations.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Chemistry Chemistry, Analytic Chromatography Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Halothane Occupational Health Safety Solvents

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• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Field-Study Health-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Polynuclear-hydrocarbons Refineries Region-5
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide ; Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-39
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00123608
• 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 90-19, 1980 Oct; :1-39
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Performing Organization:
  Enviro Control, Inc.
• 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-512:5da083ee53491731a49c2dbfee435f508dc1702fcb29acf8c13f1969a2ad6e0f414a114a946486469bb6bfbbe34bdb34855ff7de72c4a00e8bfc6f4754a80187
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179490/cdc_179490_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.90 MB ]