Industrial hygiene survey report at Ethyl Corporation, Magnolia, Arkansas.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bales RE
• Description:
  Worker exposures to vinyl-bromide (593602) and ethylene-dibromide (106934) was surveyed at the Ethyl Corporation vinyl-bromide manufacturing facility (SIC-2821) in Magnolia, Arkansas, on March 23 and 24, 1977. The facility employed 140 workers. Medical and industrial hygiene services were provided. Personal air samples contained 0.1 to 6.3 parts per million (ppm) vinyl-bromide and 0.05 to 0.57ppm ethylene-dibromide. The threshold limit values (TLV) for vinyl-bromide and ethylene-dibromide are 250 and 20ppm, respectively. The author recommends the use of respirators by tank car loaders. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Preceptorship Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-6; Workplace-studies; Health-services; Safety-practices; Industrial-hygiene; Protective-equipment
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106928
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81232233
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 51-11, 1977 Oct; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,2-Dibromoethane (CAS RN 106-93-4) ; Bromoethene (CAS RN 593-60-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2821 - Plastics materials and resins - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233163/cdc_233163_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]