Industrial hygiene walk-through survey report of Copolymer Rubber and Chemical Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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• Personal Author:
  Krishnan ER ; Nutter M ; Roberts DR
• Description:
  A walk through survey was conducted at the Copolymer Rubber and Chemical Corporation (SIC-2822), Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The facility produces 465 million pounds of styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) and 15 million pounds of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) annually, requiring 120 million pounds of 1,3-butadiene (106990). Of 470 employees, 143 were directly involved in reaction, recovery, and finishing operations, and were potentially exposed to 1,3- butadiene 8 hours per day. An additional 294 employees were potentially exposed intermittently. Company monitoring data show a weighted mean of the 8 hour time weighted average exposures of 2.4 parts per million (ppm) for these job categories. Engineering controls included dual mechanical seals on newer pumps, single mechanical seals on older pumps, dual mechanical seals on reactor agitators, rail car vapor vents, and locally exhausted lab hoods. Bulk samples of SBR and NBR were 0.2 (NBR) and 0.8ppm (SBR) of 1,3- butadiene by weight. The authors conclude that the company should be included as a candidate for an indepth industrial hygiene survey to develop an extent of exposure profile for all job descriptions associated with the production and distribution of 1,3-butadiene based products. The authors recommend that the company pursue its plan for installing a closed loop sampling system throughout the facility.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aerosols Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Metals Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  Butadienes Field-Study Region-6 Rubber-manufacturing-industry Rubber-workers Styrene-butadiene-resins Synthetic-rubber-manufacturing Synthetic-rubbers
• 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:
  1-25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00163303
• 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 147-22, 1986 Jun; :1-25
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,3-Butadiene (CAS RN 106-99-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2822 - Synthetic rubber - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:43bee7d54a1914463f1667cec3096915e29d2e72772e11490dd4bfda4a24013f2ff3f8ba7a7c69bb2f2266b8f821423c7b2cc67282033c3d73e093036e3854ac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179822/cdc_179822_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.12 MB ]