Industrywide studies report of an industrial hygiene survey at Monsanto Chemical Company, Chocolate Bayou Plant, Alvin, Texas.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Zey, John N.
• Description:
  An on site visit was made to the Monsanto Chemical Company (SIC- 2869), Alvin, Texas for the purpose of monitoring employee exposure to acrylonitrile (107131) (AN) from facility start up through 1983. AN exposures were much higher historically than they were at the present time. This particular facility began producing AN monomer in 1965. Departments where workers were felt to have a potential to exposure included AN production, distribution, laboratories, environmental control, engineering and maintenance. On a facility wide basis the OSHA standard for AN, promulgated in 1978, had the greatest single impact on reducing AN exposures. The standard resulted in better work practices, better use of personal protective equipment, and the addition of engineering controls to help reduce exposures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Nitriles Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; IWS-084-20-16; Region-6; Chemical-industry-workers; Chemical-manufacturing-industry; Nitriles; Control-technology
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• 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:00197328
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91173583
• 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 084-20-16, 1990 Mar; :1-28
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acrylonitrile (CAS RN 107-13-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• 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/233640/cdc_233640_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]