Control technology assessment of petroleum refinery operations indepth site visit report, Congo Refinery, Newell, West Virginia, Farmer's Valley Refinery, Bradford, Pennsylvania.

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• Personal Author:
  Emmel TE ; Lee BB ; Simonson AV
• Description:
  Exposure control techniques were identified at a site visit to Quaker State's Congo and Farmer's Valley Refinery (SIC-2911) in September, 1982. The Congo refinery was newer and used a hydrogenation process to upgrade lube oil stocks, while the Farmer's Valley refinery used furfural (98011) extraction and clay filtering processes to upgrade lube oil stocks. Exposure controls studied were engineering controls, monitoring programs, personal protective equipment, and work practices. The use of hydrogenation eliminated exposures to furfural and respirable dusts. Employee exposures for routine operations were limited to fugitive leaks from process equipment and fugitive emissions during sample collection procedures. Possible exposures during sampling were well below recommended limits for hydrogen-sulfide (7783064), ammonia (7664417), hydrocarbons, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. At the older site, full shift sampling for furfural and respirable dust showed concentrations well below recommended limits except for one area sample for furfural. The newer site was designed with open air construction and central control rooms. Open air construction provided large quantities of dilution air, while central control rooms isolated workers from potential exposures. Consequently, although both sites were below recommended exposure standards for methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), toluene (108883), and benzene (71432), concentrations were substantially lower at the Congo Refinery.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Ergonomics First Aid Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  Chemical-industry-workers Chemical-processing Field-Study Industrial-exposures Industrial-ventilation Monitoring-systems NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Contract NIOSH-Survey Personal-protective-equipment Region-3 Time-weighted-average-exposure Work-practices

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Control Technology
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-66
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00130197
• 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, ECTB 102-14b, 1983 Mar; :1-66
• CAS Registry Number:
  Furfural (CAS RN 98-01-1) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4) ; Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Performing Organization:
  Radian Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 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-512:5c9eaf2ff93d75fc03badcff1a9141d1e70f5ae5179b8d4b42c241c9f41939008d6103b9e4b101fd4625e4a04e1e3b5e42e26b03d58e02b2c591ebc2eed39cc6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179516/cdc_179516_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.51 MB ]