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i *3 TO: Cil Knutsen Area Managers Karen Emmerling Anthony Massari Gfceg Kaswell FROM: Dennis O'Keefe I. vtnyt. tmRTDE quarterly industrial hygiene report PEDRICKTONN PLANT FOURTH QUARTER - 1994 DATE: 2/13/95 StlfflARY OF V&KAi'iiWf v .iW.W SING RESULTS TOTAL NUMBER OF SAMPLES 4 NUMBER OF SAMPLES GREASER THAN 0.5 pm NUMBHt OF SAMPLES GREATER THAN 1.0 PPM NUMBER OF SAMPLES GREATER THAN 1.0 FEM W/O RESP. HOTBOT. 0 00 II. NOISE TOTAL NUMBER OF M3trroRiNss 1 8 HOURS 0 0 12 HOURS NUMBER OF SAMPLES GREATER THAN 90/87.5 dB NUMBER OF SAMPLES GREATER THAN 85/82.5 dB NUMBER OF SAMPLES GREATER THAN 85/82.5 dB W/O HEAR- PROTECT. 1 10 0 00 III. LEAD No lead xsonitoring was conducted during the fourth quarter. IV. OTHER SUBSTANCES No other personnel monitoring was conducted during the fourth quarter. NC JJ525 " \r MEDICAL SOEWFTTJawcE sntHKRV I. VTOYT, CHTORTDE >:fi>CncrCTIONS A. Total number of exams performed - 47 B. Exams with abnormal findings related to VCM exposure - -0 II- HERRING OOMBERTOTICW A. Total number of audiograms performed - 63 B. Number of audiograms required by OSHA - 63 C. Number of audiograms that showed a confirmed age-adjusted Standard Threshold Shift (STS) -2 One of idie two employees who showed an age-adjusted STS has had long standing severe hearing loss and works in a job with minimal, noise exposure. The other has been under his doctor's care for recurrent ear infections. Both have been determined by Dr. Boyer to be non-work rlated. D. Number of audiograms that showed an age-adjusted average loss of 25 dB or mare at 2,000 - 4,000 Hz in either ear -0 HI. IBRD A. Total number of blood-lead tests performed - 0 B. Number of blood-lead results which exceeded 30 ug/100 g. of whole blood - 0 No blood-lead examinations were performed in 1994 because no lead containing ccsrpounds were produced in 1993 and there were no lead containing ocaopounds in cur 1994 mix at the time this testing would have been performed. In October of 1994 we did consume 12,479 pounds of a lead containing raw material during a nine day emergency automotive run. Vfe plan to conduct the blood lead tests again in 1995 as a result of this unexpected lead useage. NC 15526