Industrial hygiene report-comprehensive survey of Wood Preservative Treatment Facility at International Paper Company, Wiggins, Mississippi, Report No. IWS-110-22.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Todd AS
• Description:
  Worker exposures to creosote, and pentachlorophenol (87865) (PCP) were determined at the International Paper Company (SIC-2621) in Wiggins, Mississippi on August 26 and 27, 1980. The survey was part of a NIOSH study of the health effects of occupational exposure to wood preservatives. Approximately 69 of the employees at the facility were assigned to the wood production and treating process areas that were surveyed. The facility maintained an industrial hygiene and safety program. Medical services were provided by an on call physician, a full time facility nurse, and employees trained in first aid. Average PCP concentrations over the full shift ranged from 10.1 to about 25 micrograms per cubic meter, below the current occupational limit of 500 micrograms per cubic meter. Creosote air concentrations ranged from 0.045 to 0.352 micrograms per cubic meter, also below the OSHA standard of 0.2 milligrams per cubic meter. The author concludes that while exposures were below environmental criteria, they could be further reduced by shortening the work operations at the Cellon process. He also recommends minimizing skin contact and adsorption from contaminated clothing.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Mercury Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Contract-210-78-0060 Epidemiology Field-Study Health-surveys IWS-110-22 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Contract NIOSH-Survey Region-4
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Mississippi ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00125091
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Jan; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Pentachlorophenol (CAS RN 87-86-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2621 - Paper mills - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0349979e90598b6c8e86d6b1f3b588848d0a561a4914f825dd1affe4f4943cf8a225b4b233f7de156ab276e6d992c35863e2ef38bbc1dfe410a6e983269e2dd5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179506/cdc_179506_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 727.92 KB ]