Preliminary report of plants and processes.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The physical and chemical properties of pentachloroethane (76017) and hexachloroethane (67721), their production and uses, and the extent of occupational exposure are reviewed. Production processes involving pentachloroethane and hexachloroethane are described, and their current uses are discussed. Yearly statistics for imports and a list of domestic suppliers are presented. The nature and extent of occupational exposure is discussed briefly. Industries that use pentachloroethane are identified, and a list of trade associations, professional societies, unions, and other organizations that may be involved with pentachloroethane in some manner is provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Hydrocarbons Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Contract-210-79-0090; Physical-properties; Chlorinated-hydrocarbons; Industrial-chemicals; Industrial-hygiene; Industrial-processes
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00120741
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83106344
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1981 Nov; :1-21
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hexachloroethane (CAS RN 67-72-1) ; Pentachloroethane (CAS RN 76-01-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, JRB Associates, Inc., McLean, Virginia, 21 pages, 33 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241372/cdc_241372_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]