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DOW CHEMICAL U.S.A
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APRIL 28, 1983
LOUISIANA DIVISION P. O. BOX ISO
PLAOUEMlNE. LOUISIANA 70704-0150 S04 389*8000
DR. M. F. CURRIER - MEDICAL TONY EKKER - MARINE
CHARLIB::fiALPHE5r - INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE DANNIE KENNEDY - INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
ATTACHED IS A BENZENE PERSONNEL MONITORING SURVEY OF BARGE LOADING EXPOSURES SHOWING RESULTS OF BOTH PERSONNEL PPM AND URINARY PHENOLS FOR COMPARISON.
THE DIFFERENCE (DELTA PHENOL) BETWEEN PHENOL A.M. AND P.M. LEVELS DETERMINES EXPOSURE, AS THERE IS NORMALLY SOME PHENOL IN THE BODY FROM FOODS AND THEIR METABOLIC PRODUCTS.
75 MG PHENOL CORRESPONDS TO AN AIR LEVEL OF 10 PPM BENZENE, THE OSHA STANDARD.
J. L. MOREAU, JR. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE RAILROAD/MARINE.
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BENZENE .* ` RGE
DC-306 DC-306 DC-306 DC-349 DC-349 DC-349 DC-309 DC-309 DC-309 DC-310 DC-310 DC-374 DC-374 DC-374 DC-374 DC-310 DC-310 DC-310 DC-306 DC-306 DC-306 DC-306 DC-306 '"-306 -o-306
DATE
2-3-83 2-3-83 2-3-83 2-13-83 2-13-83 2-13-83 2-18-83 2-18-83 2-18-83 2-24-83 2-24-83 3-8-83 3-8-83 3-8-83 3-8-83 3-10-83 3-10-83 3-10-83 3-29-83 3-29-83 3-29-83 4-11-83 4-11-83 4-11-83 4-11-83
NAME
ALFRED WILSON CARL WOODS NORRIS WASHINGTON FRANCIS BARLOW PHILIP DOIRON FREDERICK JACKSON RUEL SENECA BRET FERGUSON JOHN LEFEBVRE RICHARD BEARD ANTHONY SENSAT RICHARD BEARD BRET FERGUSON JOHN LEFEBVRE ANTHONY SENSAT DALE HAMMONDS STEVEN PREJEAN ANTHONY SENSAT ANTHONY SENSAT STEVE PREJEAN DALE HAMMONDS NORRIS WASHINGTON ALFRED WILSON CARL WOODS REGINALD WATTS
S.S. NO.
437-13-2018 438-11-9731 434-64-8694 437-58-8467 439-23-5347 437-90-8525 439-98-2201 438-13-3680 435-17-5371 437-60-4707 433-23-3875 437-60-4707 438-13-3680 435-17-5371 433-23-3875 436-04-4137 437-04-4550 433-23-3875 433-23-3875 437-04-4550 436-04-4137 434-64-8694 437-13-2018 438-11-9731 439-19-5274
PERSONNEL SAMPLE PPM
MG PHENOL AM-PM
DELTA PHENOL
26.48 35.06
0.04 0.57 171.98 14.28 103.62 31.34 0.12 4.2 14.6 0.09 1.19 0.07 0.64 9.29 0.95 0.43 0.22 13.19 28.81 0.09 20.29 3.24 30.42
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+15
1-1 0
5-3 -2
1-1 0
7-4 -3
+4
5-28 , ' 2-12
+23 +10
7-6 -1 1-2 +1
6-29 1-1
4-4 5-10
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+23 0 0"
+5
5-7 ' 2-2
+2 " 0
5-4 8-24
-1 +16
45-43
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NO SPECIMENS --
14-15 97-77
+1 -20
15-23 4-4
+8 0
22-34
+12
D 0 080769 CONF1 OF NT T AL.