Industrywide studies report of indepth survey of Nalco Chemical Company, Garyville, Louisiana, project number P-84-30.

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• Personal Author:
  Hills, Bruce
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for acrylamide (79061) at Nalco Chemical Company (SIC-2869, SIC-2899), Garyville, Louisiana in April, 1984. Breathing zone time weighted average (TWA) acrylamide concentrations ranged from 0.003 to 0.012 milligram per cubic meter (mg/m3), arithmetic mean, 0.005mg/m3. The OSHA TWA standard for acrylamide is 0.3mg/m3. Environmental (wipe) samples contained 3.6 to 5.5 micrograms acrylamide per sample (microg/sample), barely above the limit of detection, 1.76microg/sample. During the survey, dried acrylamide powder was not evident on the equipment or floor. Forty employees, including maintenance workers, worked in the acrylamide areas. Since 1974, as many as 80 employees have worked in the acrylamide and polyacrylamide (9003058) production areas. The author notes that based on a previous walk-through survey, the company practices good housekeeping. He concludes that exposures to airborne acrylamide at the facility are very low. The number of employees exposed to acrylamide is too small to conduct an epidemiological survey. The facility, however, could possibly be included in a larger industrywide survey.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Infrared Rays Noise Occupational Health Radiation Radiography Radio Waves Safety Staff Development Ultraviolet Rays Ventilation Vibration Welding

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• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Air-sampling-techniques Chemical-manufacturing-industry Epidemiology Field-Study IWS-145-13b NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Quantitative-analysis Region-6 Safety-engineering

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00150851
• 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 145-13b, 1985 Jun; :1-27
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acrylamide (CAS RN 79-06-1) ; Polyacrylamide (CAS RN 9003-05-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2869; 2899
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:711ad882176e6b8d4e4e1bde49bb092fbe9ac945ea942131ba717ec3a1ff9799787ee441f3ec29c624206f385951fb93c8bb80eacf287653c56488dce8bdcca4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179742/cdc_179742_DS1.pdf
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