Preliminary survey report: solid material sampling operations at Cabot Berylco Beryllium Alloy Plant, Reading, Pennsylvania.

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• Personal Author:
  Wang CC
• Description:
  An on site visit was made to Cabot Berylco Beryllium Alloy Plant, Reading, Pennsylvania to evaluate an automatic solid material sampling operation. This facility produced a beryllium/copper alloy from beryllium-hydroxide (13327327) which was manually charged into a rotary calciner which heated the chemical to form beryllium-oxide (1304569). About 300 individuals were employed in the manufacturing function of the facility with the chemical calcining and reduction operation involving 21 workers on a three shift basis. The facility had five automatic Isolok solid material samplers, used to sample beryllium-oxide from a storage bin, recycled flue dust, blended material from a storage bin, fresh beryllium-oxide from the calciner, and a finished product, NGK. A comprehensive industrial hygiene and medical program was in place at this facility with regular sampling performed for each job function. The author concludes that the solid material sampling operation has features which would be good for an in depth assessment.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Chromium Occupational Health Paint Preceptorship Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Control-methods Control-technology Field-Study NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-3 Respiratory-protection Sampling-methods
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHECTB11314a
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Control Technology
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00183728
• 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 113-14a, 1982 Jun; :1-7
• CAS Registry Number:
  Beryllium hydroxide (CAS RN 13327-32-7) ; Beryllium oxide (CAS RN 1304-56-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• NORA Priority Area:
  Control-technology
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a6d2e902702e26635295bfa360f71084e378c5d98b8e8cc1b229610509ad6feef007947c571a20b09e7518799ffc4add23c9dc2184a22a4943826a0fb02219e4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180167/cdc_180167_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 224.65 KB ]