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ABERDEEN CHEMICAL PLANT
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE MONTHLY REPORT
Month: March, 1986 Date of Report: April 21, 1986
I. ROUTINE CHEMICAL DOSIMETRY
All Sample Results
CHEMICAL
C. PEL
NO. %
> PEL (OVEREXPOSURES) NO. %
VCM Lead Total Particulates
78 97.5 15 88.2
6 100.0
2 2 0
2.5 11.8
0.0
Overexposures
JOB CLASS Vinyl A Operator
EXPOSURE
**
1.5 ppm, VCM
SOURCE
Employee overexposed while performing his regular job duties in the old unit. The specific cause of his overexposure has not been determined.
Chief Operator
1.7 ppm, VCM Employee overexposed while performing his regular job duties. No specific cause for his overexposure has been determined.
Compounder
72.0 Micrograms Employee overexposed while
Lead/MJ
charging Line III blenders.
Color Weigh Compounder
46.1 Micrograms Lead/M'5
Employee overexposed while weighing up Tribase XL in the Color Weigh Room.
* Respiratory protection was worn. ** Respiratory protection was not worn.
II. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
The plant's respirator program was reviewed, revised and re-submitted for approval.
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IV. HAZARD COMMUNCATION PROGRAM The status of the plant's Hazard Communication Compliance program is: * Written Program - Submitted for final approval. * Training Program - Final preparations complete. * Warning Signs - All ordered, 40 percent installed. * Chemical Lists - Updated, ready to be placed in Hazardous Materials Reference Books. * Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) - Files of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Chemical MSDS's have been copied and placed in Hazardous Materials Reference Books.
The Hazardous Materials Reference Books will contain the plant's written program, Chem-Ust, and all Material Safety Data Sheets. The books will be distributed for easy employee access following Hazard Communication training in April.
Safety Supervisor /aeb
c: JF, JWW, DWH, PJK, WFH, TFL, VEM, RAF, AHS, CWT Tom Grumbles, J. R. Drumwright, M.D. - Houston