Measurement of Worker’s Exposure to Styrene

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• Personal Author:
  Cohen BS ; Malek R
• Description:
  Studies were conducted to determine the effectiveness of personal samplers in the work place by documenting the magnitude of the variability in breathing zone concentrations of styrene (100425) within the reinforced plastics industry, determining factors which contribute to breathing zone concentrations and investigating the stability of styrene samples taken with charcoal tubes. Measurements were taken at a facility for manufacturing boats where the production process included spraying a catalyzed resin solution along with chopped fiberglass onto a mold. The average background air concentration was 18mg/m3. The personal exposure concentrations were: nose, 327mg/m3; left lapel, 365mg/m3; right lapel, 388mg/m3; and chest, 430mg/m3. Factors affecting the concentration in the breathing zone included air flow patterns, the hood face velocity, and the position of the worker relative to the hood and relative to the spray gun. Styrene, being a volatile and reactive compound, may undergo physical and chemical changes such as vaporization, oxidation and polymerization, any of which would cause underestimation if they occurred following the sample collection. Samples collected on charcoal were stable up to 4 weeks in storage. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Chemistry, Analytic Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-monitoring Air-sampling Analytical-chemistry Chemical-analysis Grants-other NIOSH-Grant Sampling-methods
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00182755
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-129589
• Citation:
  Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York 1988 Aug; :1-21
• Contact Point Address:
  Environmental Medicine New York University Medical Ct 550 First Avenue New York, N Y 10016
• CAS Registry Number:
  Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  New York University, New York, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19860501
• Source Full Name:
  Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York
• End Date:
  19880430
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee69994e89b37f1149f212ce38ac91330218b9d26c667d3bd10a49604670e2860e1f11f5dec7b9140eef85e959c6ded8f15242c274c8892d426dcd5f7ac1f12a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217750/cdc_217750_DS1.pdf
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