Industrial hygiene survey of the Stauffer Chemical Company, Lemoyne Plant, Axis, Alabama.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Zaebst, Dennis D.
• Description:
  Worker exposures to carbon-disulfide (75150) and carbon- tetrachloride (56235) were determined at the Stauffer Chemical Company (SIC-2869), Lemoyne Facility, in Axis, Alabama, on January 9 to 12, 1978. The survey was part of a NIOSH study of the health effects of occupational carbon-disulfide exposure. Approximately 50 of the workers at the facility were assigned to the carbon-disulfide and carbon-tetrachloride production areas surveyed. The company maintained a safety and industrial hygiene program. Medical services were provided by a consulting physician and one full time registered nurse. With one exception, time weighted average (TWA) exposures of first and second class operators of the carbon- disulfide and carbon-tetrachloride units to carbon-disulfide were relatively low, ranging from none detected to 0.99 parts per million (ppm). The one exception was a high TWA exposure of 83ppm measured in the breathing zone of one operator, but was considered an atypical exposure situation. Carbon-disulfide TWA exposures for loading workers ranged from 5.5 to 31.2ppm, compared with the OSHA standard of 20ppm for continuous eight hour exposures. TWA average exposures of first and second class operators to carbon- tetrachloride averaged 0.43ppm and 1.8ppm, respectively, although individual eight hour exposures were as high as 7.5ppm for the first class operator, and as high as 9.5ppm for the second class operator. These compare with the OSHA standard of 10ppm for continuous eight hour exposures. Loading workers' TWA exposures to carbon- tetrachloride ranged from 10.4 to 16.6ppm. The author recommends a thorough investigation of the one case of high carbon-disulfide exposure of the one second class unit operator, modification of loading workers sampling procedures, and the use of appropriate respiratory protective equipment by the loading workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-4; Health-surveys; Organic-solvents; Chemical-industry-workers
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-42
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00124521
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89101133
• 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 75-12, 1978 Jan; :1-42
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0) ; Carbon tetrachloride (CAS RN 56-23-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2869 - Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (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/233632/cdc_233632_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]