Industrial Hygiene Report, Comprehensive Survey of Wood Preservative Treatment Facility at Cascade Pole Company, McFarland Cascade, Tacoma, Washington, Report No. IWS-110-24B.

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• Personal Author:
  Timbie CY ; Todd AS
• Description:
  An industrial hygiene survey was conducted at the Cascade Pole Company (SIC-2491) located in Tacoma, Washington for the purpose of determining employee exposure to all materials used in wood preservation. The primary products at this site are dimension lumber for guard rails, posts, decks, bridges, and utility poles and pilings. Most of the work force is used in processing raw logs or dimension lumber for air or kiln drying. A majority of the processed wood is treated prior to shipment from the site. The facility has 96 persons in the production area, 15 in administration, and 4 supervisors in the wood processing area. Personal and area air monitoring results indicate that employee exposures to all chemicals are well within current OSHA and ACGIH levels. Short term exposures, evaluated during critical tasks such as cylinder opening, were higher as anticipated, but well within recommended limits. Ammonia (7664417) grab sampling showed high short term peak concentrations but the affected employees were wearing respiratory protective equipment. Additional protective clothing was also used by the workers when needed. All samples except one were well within limits for creosote (8021394), pentachlorophenol (87865), copper (7440508), chrome (7440473), and arsenic (7440382).
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Spectrum Analysis
• Keywords:
  Contract-210-78-0060 Field-Study NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Contract NIOSH-Survey Preservatives Region-3 Wood-products Wood-tar-creosote Woodworking-industry
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• 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:
  1-28
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00197162
• 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 110-24B, 1981 Jan; :1-25
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7) ; Wood creosote (CAS RN 8021-39-4) ; Pentachlorophenol (CAS RN 87-86-5) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2491 - Wood preserving - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e91bf603949efef7858eec0d5b49ce3219bcf95c9fd7d83f5dd5f26c83fc0fee6482ffad0037fc2829fa770370055d9ab6c89e7ee47c2bcf9c0e710c50343531
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180440/cdc_180440_DS1.pdf
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