Control technology assessment of petroleum refinery operations indepth site visit report, Alliance Refinery, Belle Chasse, Louisiana.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Examples of good employee exposure control techniques associated with petroleum refining operations were identified. A site visit was made to Gulf's Alliance Refinery (SIC-2911) located near Belle Chasse, Louisiana. The exposure controls studied were the benzene (71432), toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), (BTX) monitoring hydrogen-sulfide (7783064) (HS) monitoring, and hydrofluoric-acid (7664393) alkylation unit maintenance work practices. The BTX monitoring system was built around a microprocessor based gas chromatograph. Three sampling points were located near charge or reflux pumps in the aromatic extraction and thermal hydrodealkylation units. If the measured concentrations of BTX exceeded 10 parts per million, an alarm panel was activated. To minimize the potential of worker overexposure to HS, the refinery used a multichannel system which provided continuous, independent monitoring of 16 locations. When one of the sensor elements detected an HS buildup, a visual signal and a warning or alarm signal was displayed in the central control room. The use of extensive protective clothing was required as a back up to engineering control systems in the HF alkylation unit. Facilities for the care and storage of the protective clothing unit were very satisfactory. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Engineering Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Petroleum Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; NIOSH-Contract; Field-Study; Worker-health; Petroleum-industry; Petroleum-refining; Monitoring-systems; Engineering; Toxic-gases; Gas-chromatography; Region-6
• Series:
  Engineering and Physical Hazards Survey Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-108
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00130231
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84148121
• 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, ECTB 102-11b, 1982 Dec; :1-108
• CAS Registry Number:
  Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Hydrofluoric acid (CAS RN 7664-39-3) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Performing Organization:
  Radian Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2911 - Petroleum refining - (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/233796/cdc_233796_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]