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DOW CHEMICAL U.S.A
JUNE 22, 1982
LOUISIANA DIVISION P. O. BOX ISO
PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA 70764-0150 604 389-8000
DR. K. J. FLANAGAN - MEDICAL TONY EKKER - MARINE AL KIRBY - MARINE CHARLIE HALPHEN - INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE DANNIE KENNEDY - INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
ATTACHED IS A BENZENE MONITORING SURVEY OF BARGE LOADING EXPOSURES SHOWING RESULTS OF BOTH PERSONNEL PPM AND URINARY PHENOLS FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHENOL A.M. AND P.M. LEVELS DETERMINES EXPOSURE, WITH ANY NUMBER BELOW 16 MG BEING CONSIDERED NORMAL. A LEVEL OF 75 MG PHENOL CORRESPONDS TO AN AIR LEVEL OF 10 PPM BENZENE, WHICH IS THE OSHA STANDARD.
WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE THREE HIGH PHENOLS, THESE FINDINGS INDICATE THAT EMPLOYEES ARE USING RESPIRATORS PROPERLY.
J. L. MOREAU, JR. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE - RAILROAD/MARINE
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PERSONNEL SAMPLE PPM
STEVEN PREJEAN . CALVIN YOUNG
EDWARD ALTAZAN FRANCIS BARLOW C. J. WOODS D. T. HAMMONDS B. W. BOLYER A. C. WILSON R. C. WATTS N. WASHINGTON CALVIN YOUNG MARTIN GEHLING FRANCIS BARLOW J. H. LEFEBVRE R. J. DUHON GARY BENSON MARK HUTSON O'NEAL BOSLEY FREDERICK JACKSON PHILIP DOIRON KEN BARTHEL HARVEY CAVALIERE
437-04-4550 438-56-9003 437-02-3076
437-58-8467 438-11-9731 436-04-4137 435-84-9657 437-13-2018 439-19-5274 434-64-8694 438-56-9003 437-02-0936 437-58-8467 435-17-5371 436-76-7683 435-23-5281 433-04-8585 439-90-9452 437-90-8525 439-23-5347 437-70-9689 435-80-5906
8.07 0.06 26.45 0.66 0.07 4.56 3.64 2.96 3.49 0.04 7.23 9.52 8.49 4.26 1.31 35.90 17.47 0.05 23.96 16.77 53.08 0.46
MG PHENOL AM-PM
2-10 NORMAL 1-5 2-8 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-4 " 1-34 HIGH 3-25 " 24-13 1-5 NORMAL 1.5-1 1-6 15-11.4 " 1.8-2.8 " 0.5-3.7 " 5-15 1-3 1-4 7-3 11-1 2-1 "
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