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/ - 4 SHELL CHEMICAL CQRPCHATION HOUSTON PLANT INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE S1M1ARY OP PROJECTS /' PRIVATE AND CONFIDENT! ATTENDANCE AT TECHNICAL MEETINGS The Industrial Hygienist attended the following meetings: American Industrial Hygiene Association Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, April 22-26, 1957. Industrial Radiation Conference, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 18, 1957. Tenth Annual Health Conference for Business and Industry, Shamrock ' Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, September 26-28, 1957* Eighth national Noise Abatement Symposium, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, October 10-11, 1957* Eighteenth Annual Congress on Industrial Health, Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 27-29, 1958. Texas Public Health Association Convention, Baker Hotel, Dallas, Texas, February 25-26, 1958. Second Science and Engineering Meeting, The Wigwam, Phoenix, Arizona, April 14-17, 1958. American Industrial Hygiene Association Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 20-25, 1958. Manufacturing Chemists Association, Chemical Industry Safety Workshop, Shamrock Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, September 25, 1958, Eleventh Annual Health Conference for Business and Industry, October 10-11, 1958, Rice Hotel, Houston, Texas. American Chemical Society, Southwest Regional Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, December 4-5* 1958. LAM 027210 ABS-008720 -2 MEEBiPSHTP IN TECHNICAL SOCTCTikb American Industrial Hygiene Association American Industrial Hygiene Association, Gulf Coast Section Texas Public Health Association AirrPollution Control Association Air Pollution Control Association, Southwest Section Health Physics Society (pending) MAJOR PROJECTS Survey at BPA Dust in the SPA Plant The concentration of EPA dust vas found to present a health hazard. Ventilation has been designed to correct this. LAM 027211 ABS-008721 -3- EPCH Dust Analyses of the air la EPON Resin Plant Ho. 2 vere made, and excessive concentrations of dust vere found. Corrective measures vill he voriced out vith Engineering-Development* Product Development Unit Various types of air samples from the Product Development Unit vere analyzed. Hazardous concentrations solvent vapors, and asbestos dust vere found to be present. Ventilation has been destined to correct this. LAM 027212 ABS-008722