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TO FROM SUBJECT theS&,YcomPany INTER-ORGANIZATION CORRESPONDENCE Mike Guyer Scott Johnson FELD POINT (A DEPT. & BLDG. NO. FCLDPOIMTORDEFT.4BUX3.no QATE TOUR LETTER DATE THIS LETTER ___________________July 28, 1994 SECOND QUARTER 1994 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SUMMARY--GEON PLANT Henry Plant personnel monitoring results for April through June of 1994 are summarized as follows: I. NOISE (Geon Exposure Limit=50% dose) (OSHA PEL = 100% dose) NOISE EXPOSURE BY AREA AREA JOB CLASS NO. OF EXPOSURE NO. OF MONITORINGS AVERAGE MONITORINGS ^*50%/>100% (%D0SE) MAXIMUM EXPOSURE ( % DOSE Dryer Bldg.(732) PVC Bagger Dryer Operator 9 1/6 107.2 164.0 3 0/3 196.8 240.8 Poly. Bldg.(731) Foreman Paste/Losope Chrg Pearl Chrg. Oper. 0 (D 1 2 1 0/0 0/1 0/0 34.4 93.6 35.8 34.4 115.5 35.8 Compounding(741) Packager Henschel Oper. Laboratory Oper. Mill Oper. Relief Oper. 1 2 2 2 4 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/4 55,9 95.2 17.8 135.2 138.7 55.9 121.6 34.3 208.9 195.2 NGc 15J31 II. VINYL CHLORIDE (OSHA PEL = 1PPM, 8-HR TWA) During the Second Quarter of 1994 there were 19 monitorings completed for vinyl chloride exposure (5 poly/14 dryer). Of the total monitorings, two (2) exceeded 1 ppm and 11 (58%) were below 0.5 ppm. These exposures are summarized below. VINYL CHLORIDE EXPOSURE BY JOB CLASSIFICATION JOB CLASS NO. OF NO. AVERAGE MAXIMUM MONITORINGS ABOVE 1 PPM EXPOSURE (PPM) EXPOSURE (PPM) Resin Reclaim oper. Dryer operator. Paste/Losope Charge PVC Bagger Poly/Dryer Leaderman HRC Poly Cleaner/Helper Catalyst Make-up Man 3 1 3 9 1 1 1 1* ' 0 1* 0 0 0 0 0.84 0.63 0.80 0.32 0.56 0.83 0.15 * operator was wearing a respirator 1.20 0.63 1.30 0.44 0.56 0.83 0.15 III. MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE SUMMARY Total number of Examinations- 22 Number of examinations which shoved; a. Hearing loss- o Please call me at 9408 if you have any questions on this information. SJ/sm/9400 cc: R.D.Moore R.D.Webber S.J.Mathers K.W.Prather Scott Johnson D. L. Piccinelli J. Gressler- Cleveland E. L. Beeler-Cieveland S&E Operator (1) NGC 15532