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SHELL OIL COMPANY SHELL CHEMICAL COMPANY DEER PARK MANUFACTURING COMPLEX TO MU. T. A. CLANTON DATE APRIL 9, 1975 FROM MANAGER - G DEPARTMENT - DEER PARK. MANUFACTURING COMPLEX SUBJECT NOTICE OF VCM EXPOSURE The permanent standard for occupational exposure to vinyl chloride. Section 1910.93 of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards, guarantees employees access to exposure monitoring results. This standard further requires written notice to employees where the standard has been exceeded. Our policy is to post all personal sampling results in areas that are convenient and accessible to employees. Although you were not being monitored on April 5, 1975, our employee injury report leads us to believe that you were exposed in excess of the permissible vinyl chloride exposure limit, i.e.', ,fNo employee may bo exposed to vinyl chloride by direct contact with liquid vinyl chloride". -v k* As indicated on the attached employee injury report the basic cause n this exposure was.due to defective equipment. In this specific case our plan is to replace this valve with a new'and improved designed valve. Several have already been replaced in the pump rundown area. You an: being afforded appropriate medical surveillance as a result of this incident. If you should have any further questions, do not hesitate to Cournot me directly. DGM:slb Attachment be - L.W. Horstman H.L. Kusnetz D.E. Miller ^ J.D. Ransdell^^*'"*'*' F.G. Reitz E. E St ringf ellow File Chron ORIGINAL SIG1I2D BY D.. G.. UTT.T.EP * D. G. Miller SCC i-OSos