Industrywide studies report of indepth survey, American Cyanamid Company, Westwego, Louisiana [1985-10].

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• Personal Author:
  Hills B
• Description:
  An indepth survey of the American Cyanamid Company (SIC-2869, SIC- 2899), Westwego, Louisiana was conducted in May, 1984. The facility produced acrylamide (79061) monomers and polyacrylamide (9003058). Acrylamide was produced by catalytic hydration of acrylonitrile (107131) within a closed reactor system to yield a 50 percent solution, which was then polymerized. A total of 550 workers were employed throughout the facility. Twenty two of these were involved in acrylamide production and 35 in polyacrylamide production. At least 48 cases of acrylamide poisoning were reported since the facility began production in 1974. All of these involved dermal or inhalation exposure. Industrial hygiene sampling showed personal acrylamide exposures of 0.015 to 0.132 milligram per cubic meter (mg/m3), mean 0.053mg/m3. The OSHA standard for acrylamide is defective valves, during quality control sampling, while loading trucks and rail cars, and from contact with polymers that contained a monomer residue. Much of the acrylamide production area was open to natural ventilation. The author concludes that the mean acrylamide exposure at the facility is approximately 17 percent of the OSHA standard. Recommendations include rinsing the production equipment and conducting short term monitoring, especially when loading trucks. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Laboratories Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Polymers Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-study; Chemical-manufacturing-industry; Analytical-models; Polymerization; Toxicology; Monitoring-systems; Region-6; Laboratories
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-30
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00131515
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-145679
• 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 145-14, 1985 Oct; :1-30
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acrylamide (CAS RN 79-06-1) ; Acrylonitrile (CAS RN 107-13-1) ; Polyacrylamide (CAS RN 9003-05-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2869 - Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC) ; 2899 - Chemical preparations, 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/249119/cdc_249119_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]