Industrial hygiene walk through survey report, Shell Chemical Company, Deer Park Manufacturing Complex, Deer Park, Texas.

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• Personal Author:
  Fajen JM
• Description:
  A walkthrough survey at the Deer Park complex of Shell Oil Company (SIC-2869), Deer Park, Texas, was conducted in May, 1984. The purpose of the survey was to obtain information on the 1,3-butadiene (106990) manufacturing process and to assess the potential for exposure to 1,3-butadiene. The company manufactured 1,3-butadiene by the ethylene coproduct process, using acetonitrile as the solvent for extractive distillation. The production process was enclosed. The process included on line gas chromatographs for quality control determinations. Manual bomb samples were also taken for analysis using a closed loop sampling system that recycled the bomb contents back to the process line. The work force was trained in the concept and practice of controlling workplace emissions. Standardized equipment decontamination procedures using washing with water or steam, or nitrogen purging were utilized. The company had medical, industrial hygiene, and safety programs that were closely coordinated. Company industrial hygiene monitoring data for the period 1979 to 1983 showed the geometric mean of all 1,3-butadiene concentrations to be 4.6 parts per million. The author concludes that the potential for exposure to 1,3-butadiene at the facility is low.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Animals Biology Genetics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-monitoring Air-quality-monitoring Air-samples Air-sampling Field-study NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Refineries Region-6 Solvent-vapors Solvents

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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 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:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00144941
• 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 147-10, 1985 Feb; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,3-Butadiene (CAS RN 106-99-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• 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:dba3492fd8695bbad05592b11f0690c4dce25e54482d00c1b3d4f66ffb0d16014284d74118fb3f684cb264dc281dbda5a7696e515e5e40e10a85752ba5feb8c3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179705/cdc_179705_DS1.pdf
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