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B.F.GOODRICH CHEMICAL COMPANY Inter-Organization Correspondence O. -?6- March 22, 1974 HIGHLIGHTS PLAHT MANAGERS1 MEETING - MARCH 15, 1974 1. P.E. Krause discussed Code Zero approaches to residual VC1. The stripping column will be in operation at Avon Lake, Geon East, in April, 1974. 2. Code 10A reduces buildup in 1100 gallon polys at Louisville (the poly is coated after every third charge and HRC-cleaned after every 30 charges). 3. Buildup in Geon 90 series polys is a problem. There appears to be less build' up when stainless steel vessels are used together with Pfaudle'r agitation. 4. A dispersion resin (not specified) has been developed which gives less build up than Geon 121. 5. Analytical techniques are being developed to accurately measure residual vinyl chloride in the various FVC resins. 6. Personnel monitoring techniques, regarding exposure to VC1, are being studied and work is about to start again at Avon Lake. 7. Respirator filters are only good for one hour when exposed to VC1 at the 100 ppm level. 6. Chemicals, other than VC1, must be studied, e.g., Vinylidene chloride. Chloro form, Acetone, etc. 9. H. Waltemate discussed the UIOSH work practice recommendations and distributed a report concerning the status of their recommendations (attached). 10. Among the work practices and problems mentioned were the following: 10.1 Provide wash up facilities at the eating, areas. 10.2 Showers and clothing should be supplied in other areas such as Compounding. 10.3 Showers will be supplied for those who work in the Hycar dusting area. 10.4 FVC dust is to be removed from beams in the various buildings. The contractor at Louisville was unsatisfactory and quotes for the work at Avon Lake G.C. are exceedingly high. This might be accomplished by shutting the appropriate building down and flushing it with water. Louisville or Avon Lake may try this. 10.5 Mr. Harrington stated that after the removal of the present FVC dust, any new PVC dust should be measured for residual FVC content. We should also find out how long it takes for a significant quantity of new dust to collect on the beams, etc. BFG63598 CL06STSZ -2- 10.6 Some type of shoe covering will be required in order to prevent employees taking home traces of FVC on their shoes. 10.7 Maintenance people assigned to FVC operating areas, should be considered the same as PVC operators. 10.8 Operators are generally excused 12 mins, early in order to take a shower. This appears to be true at all plants. The exception occurs when the job requires total coverage. In this case showering is done on over time. 10.9 Compounding operators will continue to wear long sleeves. This is not now the case at Avon Lake Technical Center. They will review their policy. 10.10 Louisville only allow maintenance personnel in FVC areas for 4 hours at a time without a shower being required. 10.11 Warm outer garments may be worn by operators in colder areas. 10.12 The Century OVA will be used by Calvert City as part of their vessel entry procedure. 10.13 Tank farm operators at Calvert City and other plants will be required to use a fresh air breathing apparatus when breaking VC1 tank car flanges. This procedure also applies to laboratory VC1 sampling per sonnel. .11 Dr. M.N. Johnson made the following comments concerning health: 11.1 NIOSH does not have a medical testing protocol at present. Their sub mission will be made soon and it is not expected to be much different from our own. 11.2 Bill Wilcox distributed copies of our current protocol. 11.3 Physical examinations for "base-line" purposes are required. 11.4 Former employees should be offered the current tests on a voluntary basic. 11.5 Brecksville Research will set up a physical examination and testing procedure. 11.6 Dr. Maltoni is working with 100 people at Montedison as health subjects. K 11.7 There is a question as to whether or not the offspring,of females ex posed to VC1, may get angiosarcoma. 12. The following comments were made relating to VC1 in the work atmosphere: CD Q 12.1 Louisville personnel wear masks about 25$ of the time. The masks have just arrived at Long Beach and the program of wearing them will go into effect immediately. 12.2 At Pedricktovn, 99$ of the operators wear their masks about 5-10$ of the day. Baggers wear respirators. If the probability of exposure to VC1 is high, air line respirators are used. BFG63599 3 12.3 At Henry the respirator program is in effect. 12.4 Cartridges are changed after each 8 hour day. 12.5 The accuracy of the Century OVA is questionable at readings less than 10-15 PPm. The purity of the hydrogen used is a possible contributor to this inaccuracy. 12.6 The question was raised, but not resolved, as to whether or not the VC1 in inlet and outlet air, of FVC buidlings, should be measured. 12.7 A poll was taken of the group as to our WA VC1 exposure. Some said 10 ppm was a good standard; others 25 ppm. Bart DiLiddo suggested that we await our Bendix results before forming an opinion, since Bendix data will be more thorough and more accurate. 12.8 Both Avon Lake and Louisville were requested to submit plans to elimi nate vented charges. It was suggested that the rupture disk-relief valve combination be investigated as part of the solution. 13. Mr. Harrington reviewed the minutes of the last Standards Committee meeting. 14. Mr. C. Lane - Public Relations - made the following comments: 14.1 The nets media has helped to fix the idea in the mind of the Public that VC1 is a carcinogen. 14.2 The political implications of our current situation are that the liberals will probably use employee health as an issue. 14.3 Any inquiries from news persons are to be referred to Mr. J.J. Bell, Mr. T. Duke or Mr. C. Lane. Interviews with the press can lead to very bad misinterpretations and unnecessarily damaging publicity. 15. The FDA has requested that we review the end-use of our FVC products. 16. The current magnitude of residual VC1 (RVCl) in our FVC resins was reviewed. The most acceptable resin is Geon 92 (nil to 4 ppm) whereas the most un acceptable resin is Geon 222 (9,000 to 11,000 ppm). The compounding group, coordinated by R.J. Coffey^ is running analysis oh compounds and pipe. This compound will contain Geon 103EP F-76. In one run the resin RVCl will be 200-400 ppm; in another run, 800-1,100 ppm. 17* Mr. Brodine had the following comments: 17.1 He advised elevation of the VC1 vents. 17.2 The Plant Managers have submitted their capital requirements so that their plants will comply with 0SHA standards. 18. Mr. Vittone stated that we must eliminate residual VC1 in the air, the water and the product. 19. All plants will send the RVCl analysis of their off-grade materials to E.R. Clayson. BFG63600 25139075 -k- 20. Mr. Woods mentioned that he had insufficient personnel to accomplish all of the required changes, in a reasonable length of time. A general discussion of engineer recruitment followed. Mr. Cooper stated that he has hired his quota but will continue to interview likely candidates for possible hiring at other plants. 21. Among other things, NIOSH recommends a limit of no detectable VC1 in the work atmosphere. In addition, they recommend that any emissions containing VC1 must be decontaminated before venting. (To date, OSHA have not necessari agreed to follow these recommendations). 22. FDA will require certification that any vinyl product in contact with food and/or water contain less than 10 ppm residual VC1. It must also be certified that the food and/or water contained in these vinyl products contain less thaiji 50 ppb residual VC1. . //. //- // ERC:cj Attachment cc: J.J. Bell W.E. Brodine D.A. Brooks A.W. Clements C.B. Cooper B.A. DiLiddo R.J. Fawcett C.R. Flynn R.A. Guyton M.N. Johnson K.J. Kaminski E.B. Katzenmeyer, Jr. F.E. Krause R.M. Kreager C. Lane P.H. Lawrence T.R. Linak J.L. Nelson G. Pow R.N. Inlands G.D. Schaaf R.D. Scott P.D. Terry A. Vittone / H. Waltemate / A. R. Webber W.J. Wilcox C.L. Woods B. M.G. Zwicker Earle R. Clayso 25139076 BFG63601