Industrial hygiene survey at Virginia Chemicals, Inc., Portsmouth, Virginia.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to fluorotrichloromethane (75694) (F-11), dichlorodifluoromethane (75718) (F-12), methylene-chloride (75092), trichloroethylene (79016), perchloroethylene (127184) and 1,1,1- trichloroethane (71556) were surveyed at Virginia Chemicals Incorporated (SIC-2869) in Portsmouth, Virginia, on September 28 and 29, 1976. The facility produced spray insecticides, spray and liquid solvents and refrigerant gas. A local physician provided medical service, but there was no industrial hygiene program. The company employed 23 workers. Air samples were collected by adsorption on charcoal and were analyzed by gas chromatography. OSHA standards for F-11, F-12, methylene-chloride, 1,1,1- trichloroethane, perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene were 1000, 1000, 100, 350, 100 and 100 parts per million (ppm), respectively. Corresponding concentrations of these substances found in the air samples ranged from 0.7 to 15.5, 6.2 to 53.9, 5.6 to 14.0, 0.9 to 10.2, 0.2 to 0.7 and 2.0 to 5.1ppm. The author concludes that existing control efforts at this facility are effective and should be maintained. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Organic-chemicals; Region-3; Workplace-studies; Health-services; Occupational-health-programs; Control-methods; Air-contamination; Air-sampling
• 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 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia
• 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:
  1-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106929
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81244006
• 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 50-13, 1977 May; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Dichlorodifluoromethane (CAS RN 75-71-8) ; Dichloromethane (CAS RN 75-09-2) ; Tetrachloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4) ; Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6) ; Trichloromonofluoromethane (CAS RN 75-69-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• 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/233661/cdc_233661_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]