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ABD00306509 ABERDEEN CHEMICAL PLANT INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE MONTHLY REPORT Month: November, 1985 Date of Report: January 13, 1986 I. ROUTINE CHEMICAL DOSIMETRY All Sample Results CHEMICAL VCM Lead Total Particulates <v PEL NO. % 78 97.5 15 93.8 7 100.0 >PEL (OVEREXPOSURES) NO. % 2 2.5 1 6.2 0 0.0 Overexposures JOB CLASS EXPOSURE SOURCE Vinyl A Operator Vinyl A Operator 1.6 ppm, VCM 1.4 ppm, VCM Employee overexposed while investigating a leak in a new unit recovery line. Employee overexposed while changing the old unit seal water filters. Compounder 53.2 Micrograms Lead/MJ Employee overexposed while weighing up compound in the Color Weigh Room on a temporary basis. * Respiratory protection was worn. II. OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION RULE A list of the hazardous chemicals used in the Lab was compiled and added to the plant electronic data base. The Hazard Communication Program was revised, following review of the first draft by plant department heads. Ill, RESPIRATOR TRAINING Annual respirator training was conducted. IV. REACTOR MERCURY MANOMETERS Traps were added to each of the ten vinyl reactor mercury manometers to contain mercury occasionally blown out of the manometer wells during process upsets. A ABD00306510 'Industrial Hygiene Monthly Report Page 2 ,, / *. / 7 Jerald V. Uptain rah JF, JWU, DWH, PJK, WFH, CRS, VEM, RAF, AHS, CWT Tom Grumbles, J. R. Drumwright, M.D. - Houston A