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TENNECO POLYMERS, INC.
COMPANY'
INTEROFFICE COMMUNICATU
TO: FOR; FROM; Rh:
T. T. MOORE
C. HENDRICKS /j^S^OUNG
(TENNECO EMPLOYEE EXPOSURE TO VCM AS MEASURED BY THE CHARCOAL TUBE METHOD
DATE: MAY 4, 1983
Please find attached the records of individual Tenneco employee exposure to VCM for the month of April, 1983.
Regulated Areas Total
Non-Regulated Areas
Total
Without Air Mask
Exposure from 0.5 to 1.0 ppm Exposure from 1.1 to 5.0 ppm Exposure of 5.1 ppm and above
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2 0 0
2 0 0
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C. Grimes EKC File
TEN 3557
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TENNECO POLYMERS, INC.
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INTEROFFICE COMMUNICATIC
TO; FOR: FROM: RE:
C. HENDRICKS
OUNG ,Y TIME WEIGHTED AVERAGES - APRIL, 1983
DATE: MAY 4, 1983
Attached are April Vinyl Chloride exposure reports for the Pasadena Plant.
The type written table shows the individual data on personnel in the various job classifications as monitored by the Charcoal Tube method and the time a fresh air mask was worn.
The computer tables consist of a summary of major plant areas, a de tailed breakdown of VCM contents at each sample point in each area (Tables 1-9) and specific samples points in areas where levels are generally > 1 ppm (Tables 10 - 14).
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TEN 3558
TENNECO POLYMERS, INC. PASADENA, TEXAS
DATE
04/07 04/14 04/19 04/19
04/07 04/07 04/07 04/06 04/08 04/08 04/08 04/08 04/13 04/14 04/14 04/14 04/19 04/19 04/19 04/21 04/22 04/22 04/22 04/22
04/13 04/20 04/20 04/26 04/28
04/26 04/28 04/28
04/27
04/11 04/11 04/11
8 - HOUR CHARCOAL TUBE TWA APRIL, 1983
JOB CLASSIFICATION
Recovery Operator
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AIR MASK TIME IN MINUTES
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Laboratory Secretary
0 0 5
VCM Loaders
CHARCOAL TUBE
PPM
VCM
0.3 < 0.1 < 0.1
0.1
0.4
0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 < 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 < 0.1 3.3 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.6
0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7
0.2 0.8 0.4
0.3
0.2 0.2 < 0.1
TEN 3559
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DATE
04/20
04/20
04/20
04/26
04/28
04/21
04/28
04/27
04/14
04/07
04/06
04/26
04/08
04/06 04/06* 04/06 04/11 04/11 04/11 04/13* 04/13* 04/13 04/21* 04/21 04/22* 04/27 04/27* 04/27
JOB CLASSFICATION
Instrument Technician
Loading Supervisor
Solution Prep Operator
Lab Supervisor
Chemist
Engineer
Clerk
Shift Supervisor
Operation Day Supervisor
Dryer Operator
Control Room Operator
PVC Loader
Shift Supervisor (Outside)
PVC Maintenance
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* Tenneco Employee
AIR MASK TIME IN MINUTES
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0
0
0
0
0
60 60 60
0 0 0 120 0 0 10 60 0 0 360 60
CHARCOAL TUBE PPM VCM
< 0.1
< 0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
< 0.1
0.1
< 0.1
0.2
< 0.1
< 0.1
0.1
< 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 5.3 0.9 3.0
< 0.1 7.5
< 0.1 < 0.1 < 0.1 < 0.1
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