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ABDOO110702 April Safety Training Training Dates: April 12 April 18 April 19 April 25 April 27 Agenda: 8:00-8:45 8:45-9:15 9:15-9:45 9:45-11:30 11:30-12:00 Vinyl Chloride Safety as per 29 CFR 1910.1017(j) Emergency Plan Overview 29 CFR 1910.38 (a)(5) Emphasis on Shelter in Place Practices, and incipient level response by operations personnel. Safe Work Permits Fire Extinguishers & Fire Water Monitors 29 CFR 1910.157 (g) Hands-on to supplement CBT lesson Forklift Training 29 CFR 1910.178 (I) Hans-on to supplement CBT lesson Only for those who operate and did not complete in January. ABDOO110703 Forklift Training Required Maintenance: (Demonstration only) Billy Thompson Q^lig^Hcdcomhi hariie~Pede{i -Bate-Andrews -Deevie-Ramhns' Den England-" Kdre--Smith^ FreddifiTxanks-- Jimmy Autrey *`Jimmyi3rewei^ JehnnyTioH--" drWrtowe-- Jerry Minor -James"Riggan -JefTS^SVer <ByleAelJs-*. Kenny Boozer Luke Tlireadgrfl Mtke-SaFgent -Bavid-Reberts SanuBrOwn Jerr-^Noland Tommy-Staten ** Willie ^White Wffle^WiJson -Nathan-BJake James^acksen ABDOO110704 Vinyl: jJdLKmg- Barnestine Carter" Gtey^Brownlee Ken Campbell Mike Langford RC Towry Redney-Str-ickland Mitchell Pitts Compound/PI: Jerry Eastman 'f&fi-Sanders' Ricky Reynolds Clarence Wilson Warehouse / Yard / Storeroom: Brian Coon *DeairHoneycutt_ Gordon-0stn5WsK -Bill fldfcomtr ^hris-Ewing^ .Coleman-Haynes Dale Barr Erskin-Morgan Freddie Phillips Uerace-Lmdsey^ R-ieky-MeMiffian James Pullium Rubin Gates Tim-CorbelL WttHrfafone-' Lab: Carol^rtLiellivay Curtis Outlaw -&Hts'Bowles 0atTbdwards Mickey Bishop Mefedrf&Hey- RoberbLarfgffird "SamXIarter J/einctta Yoofig WitfranfRobmson Jeffy-JenfenTS' ABDOO110705 ABDOO110706 Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) Regulatory Training Vinyl Chloride Monomer: colorless, highly flammable gas, liquid under pressure, faint sweet odor Odor threshold = 0.25 ppm, varies from person to person Fire Hazards: has a flash point of-108 F Bums much like propane Flammable Limits in Air % by Volume-* Lower: 3.6 Upper: 23.0 Health Hazards Acute (Short term) Exposure Inhalation Relatively low acute toxicity May lead to smothering (asphyxiation) Inability to sense pain (anesthesia): (10,000-20,000 ppm) Dryness of throat, headache, mental dullness, incoordination, nausea, unconsciousness, and death: short term high level exposure Skin Frostbite from liquid VCM Ingestion Not a significant hazard via ingestion Chronic (Long Term) Exposure Inhalation Angiosarcoma (blood vessel tumors in the liver) Liver damage Skin Acro-osteolysis- disease of the bone and blood vessels of the hand Hardening of the skin (scleroderma) ' ' Vinyl chloride is considered a carcinogen by EPA, OSHA, IARC, NTP, and ACGIH Established Exposure Limits: OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) = 1 ppm for an 8-hr TWA Respiratory Protection OSHA Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL) = 5 ppm for any 15 min period Less than 1 ppm => none From 1 ppm to 1000 ppm => Air-line respirator Unknown, or greater than 1000 ppm SCBA (Scott Air Pak) ABDOO110707 Hazardous Operations Plant tasks likely to involve VCM exposure to concentrations above OSHA limits: Loading/Unloading VCM railcars Changing VCM filter pack filters Opening any line or vessel which contains, or has contained, VCM Locating VCM leaks Emergency response during incidents involving the release of VCM Cleaning dump strainers, polishing strainers, and chunk catchers Warning Signs and Labels Regulated Areas: The plant has no OSHA-defined regulated areas (where VCM concentrations are above the OSHA-PEL: 1 ppm). However, warning signs are maintained in most areas formerly classified as regulated areas as a matter of good practice. VCM Containers: VCM containers, including gas cylinders, storage vessels, and railcars, are labeled in accordance with the OSHA VCM standard: Vinyl Chloride Extremely Flammable Gas Under Pressure Cancer Suspect-Agent PVC Containers: PVC containers, including PVC wastes should be labeled: Polyvinyl Chloride Contains Vinyl Chloride Vinyl Chloride is a Cancer-Suspect Agent Monitoring Area Monitoring For detecting unsafe concentrations of VCM in operating areas Equipment consists of 5 gas chromatograph analyzers (GCs) and 50 remote sensor collector heads (fixed point monitors) Levels above safe limits causes alarms to sound in the Vinyl Control Room and in Laboratory Personal Monitoring For employees whose work has the potential for overexposure to VCM Vinyl Production, Maintenance, Yard Sampler consists of 3M Organic Vapor Badge passive sampler Samples are collected in the "breathing zone" for the duration of the shift Badges are sent off to an accredited laboratory for analysis STEL (Short Term Exposure Limit) Sampling For tasks that take a short amount of time and potential for VCM overexposure Unhooking/hooking up VCM railcars Maintenance tasks Vinyl- dump strainers, polishing strainers, filter packs, chunk catchers Uses personal pump with charcoal tubes ABDOO110708 Medical Surveillance A comprehensive medical surveillance and health screening program is provided to all employees Provided every 6 months to employees having been in VCM or PVC manufacturing for 10 years or more. Provided annually for all others Employees exposed to VCM during emergency releases are offered appropriate surveillance at the time of the occurrence Medical records are maintained for the duration of the employment plus 20 years, or 30 years, whichever is longer. Records are available upon request.