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\ QCT-24-1994 07=36 i TO: flu SIHh From: Mike Lunsford Date: 10/24/94 Subject: VCNet Video BY FAX P.001/006 Dear Has: Attached is the draft contents outline for the VCNet Video and a portion of the video script. I regret that I will be unable to finish the script, due to the requirements of my new postion within Vista. I am also faxing a copy of this to Chris Markerson in Aberdeen. If you have any questions, please call me at (410) 354-5975. Mike Lunsford Vista CMA 112044  QCT-24-1994 07:36 VCNet Training Video Draft Contents Introduction What is VCM? Physical Properties Fire Hazard Health Effects Inhalation-Acute HC1 Effects from Fire Carcinogen OSHA PEL'S Shipping VCM Ship Loading Tank Cars Type Safety Features Placards/Labels LoadingTJnloading Process Typical Dome Layout Typical Hookup Emergency Response Derailment Response Secure Area Upwind Approach Use Instruments to Find Leaks LEL meter OVA/TLV sniffer Colorimetric Tube Leak Response Vapor Clouds Small Leaks Fire Response BLEVE HC1 Generation Call CHEMIREC on all Emergencies VCNet Response Member Company Response VCNet Response Map of Response Team Locations Chemnet Response Wrap Up 1 minutes 2 minutes 3 minutes 7 minutes 7 minutes 2 minutes 1 minute P.002/006 CMA 112045 OCT-24-1994 07=36 P.003/006 VIDEO VINYL CHLORIDE VIDEO SCRIPT VCNET AUDIO (NARRATOR) Spell out VCM Shots of plants Type: VCM - what it is Effects on Health How it is shipped Emergency Response Your Role Type: WHAT IS VCM? VCM container In this program, we are going to discuss VCM, vinyl chloride monomer, the raw material manufactured by Vinyl Chloride Network Member Companies, and used to make Polyvinyl Chloride, or PVC. We want you to know what VCM is... How it can affect your health... How it is shipped... The steps to reduce the hazards involved in responding to an emergency involving VCM... And your own important role in protecting yourself and fellow responders from exposure. Let's take a few minutes to learn what VCM is, and what hazards it can pose if handled unsafely. At normal temperatures and pressures, VCM is a colorless, sweet-smelling gas. Under pressure, it becomes a liquid. CMA 112046 OCT-24-1994 07=37 P.004/006 -2VINYL CHLORIDE VIDEO SCRIPT YCNEI VIDEO Pix of PVC products People working around VCM Type: Never make contact With liquid VCM! Propane burning, list data Type: Health Effects Type: Harmful if Inhaled AUDIO (NARRATOR) VCM is the basic building block for producing the most versatile plastic yet developed -- polyvinyl chloride, or PVC. Today thousands of products used in the home and in industry are made of PVC. Under most conditions, your only contact with VCM would be through response to accidental leaks or spills. You should never come in contact with liquid VCM. It could result in severe frostbite-like burns to your skin. VCM also poses a serious fire hazard. It has a very low flash point of - 108F., and bums as readily as propane. VCM is flammable or explosive in concentrations ranging from 4% to 22% in air. Both short-term and long-term health effects are also an important concern with VCM. VCM gas is harmful if inhaled. If your breathe high concentrations, you may become dizzy, drowsy or lose consciousness. CMA 112047 OCT-24-1994 07`-37 P.005^006 -3 VINYL CHLORIDE VIDEO SCRIPT VCNET VIDEO Type: Releases HC1 when burned VCM - Long-term Hazards Research papers (include ATSDR Toxicological Profile) Spell out Angiosarcoma Headlines or BFG logo AUDIO (NARRATOR) VCM releases hydrogen chloride or HC1 when burned. HC1 is a corrosive gas that combines with water in your breathing passages to irritate or damage the tissues. Breathing it can cause severe lung damage or death. HC1 dissolved in water is commonly called Muriatic Acid. VCM can also pose long-term health hazards. Enough hard evidence exists to indicate that exposures to high levels of VCM over long periods of time can cause serious health problems. Evidence indicates that exposures to high levels of VCM over long periods of time could also cause a rare form of liver cancer called angiosarcoma. The data to substantiate this link came in 1974, when B. F. Goodrich reported that the deaths of two of their employees may have been occupationally related to long term VCM exposure. CMA 112048 l OCT-24-1994 07:37 .006/006 * -4VINYL CHLORIDE VIDEO SCRIPT VCNET VIDEO Using proper protective equipment OSHA regs Type: Exposure limits for VCM PEL = 1 PPM/8 hours STEL - 5 PPM/15 min. AUDIO (NARRATOR) It is believed that the disease may b related to certain high-exposure tasks, such as reactor cleaning, as they were performed in the industry's early years, when work practices were much different, and before contact with VCM was known to be harmful. The best way to avoid any of these potential health effects, of course, is to prevent exposure to VCM. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set limits for worker exposure to VCM. These limits are one part per million averaged over an eight hour period... The Short Term Exposure Limit or STEL is five PPM averaged over any 15 minutes period. CMA112049 TOTAL P.006