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ABERDEEN CHEMICAL PLANT
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE MONTHLY REPORT
Months: November and December, 1986 Date of Report: January 26, 1987
I. ROUTINE CHEMICAL DOSIMETRY All Sample Results
CHEMICAL
VCM Lead Total Particulates
NO. %
72 98.6 21 95.5
7 100.0
NO. %
1 1.4 1 4.5 0 0.0
< PEb^ X>-'PEL NO. % NO. %
75 96.2 20 95.2
8 100.0
3 1 0
3.8 4.8 0.0
Overexposures
JOB CLASS
EXPOSURE
SOURCE
November Yard Operator
* 1.2 ppm, VCM
Employee overexposed while checking for leaks in the VCM compressor shed.
Color Weigh Compounder 279,4 Micrograms Lead/MJ
Employee overexposed while performing his routine color weigh room duties.
December Vinyl A Operator
*
9.6 ppm, VCM
Employee overexposed while changing the new unit VCM filters.
Vinyl Shift Supervisor
1,4 ppm, VCM
General Mechanic
* 196.4 ppm, VCM
Employee overexposed while performing his routine duties. The exact cause of his overexposure has not yet been determined.
Employee overexposed while removing an old unit VCM charge pump from service to repair a leaking valve.
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Industrial Hygiene Monthly Report Page 2
Overexposures - Continued Color Weigh Compounder
* 310.8 Mijjrograms
Lead/M
Employee overexposed while performing his routine color weigh room duties. The cause of this overexposure and the one shown above appears to be work practice deficiencies, which are being corrected.
* Respiratory protection was worn. ** Respiratory protection was not worn.
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c: JF, JWW, DWH, PJK, WFH, TFL, VEM, RAF, CWT Tom Grumbles, J. R. Drurawright, M.D. - Houston
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