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POLY C SAFETY MEETING INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
NOISE
CONSEQUENCES OF OVEREXPOSURE RESULTS OF AUDIO DOSIMETER TESTS FOR 1982 1982 AREA NOISE SURVEY
ISOPAR E
CONSEQUENCES OF OVEREXPOSURE RESULTS OF PERSONAL BREATHING ZONE TESTS FOR 1982
DOWTHERH A
CONSEQUENCES OF OVEREXPOSURE RESULTS OF PERSONAL BREATHING ZONE TESTS FOR 1982
NUISANCE DUSTS
CONSEQUENCES OF OVEREXPOSURE RESULTS OF PERSONAL BREATHING ZONE TESTS FOR 1982
OCTENE-1
CONSEQUENCES OF OVEREXPOSURE
HCL ANHYDROUS
CONSEQUENCES OF OVEREXPOSURE
CHLORINE
CONSEQUENCES OF OVEREXPOSURE
SAMPLING SCHEDULE FOR 1983
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RESULTS OF PERSONAL BREATHING ZONE TESTS FOR ISOPAR E
EXXON EXPOSURE LIMIT - HOO PARTS PER MILLION
Job Classification
No. of Samples
Average Exposure To Isopar._E
Highest EXPOSE
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RESULTS OF PERSONAL BREATHING ZONE TESTS FOR DOWTHERM* A
DOW INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE GUIDELINE - 1 PPM (DUE TO DISAGREEABLE ODOR)
Job Classification
No. of Samples
Average Exposure To Dowtherm A
Highest Exposure To Dowtherm A
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* TRADEMARK OF THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
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RESULTS OF PERSONAL BREATHING ZONE TESTS FOR NUISANCE DUSTS TLV 10 NC/N3 TOTAL DUST
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NUMBER OF SAMPLES
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compound:
HYDROCHLORIC ACID, ANHYDROUS
' SYNONYMS: HYDROGEN CHLORIDE; ANHYDROUS HYDROCHLORIC ACID.
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VAPOR CAN CAUSE SEVERE BURNS RESULTING IN PARTIAL OR TOTAL LOSS OF VISION.
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GAS CAN BE ABSORBED INTO PERSPIRATION, CREATING A BURNING SENSATION. CONTACT WITH VAPORS OR LIQUID MAY PRODUCE BURNS, ULCERATION AND SCARRING. REPEATED EXPOSURES MAY LEAD TO
DERMATITIS.
INGESTION:
ALTHOUGH NOT LIKELY TO OCCUR IN NORMAL HAND LING, SWALLOWING EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS MAY LEAD TO TISSUE DAMAGE IN THE MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS AND STOMACH.
inhalation:
ACUTE -- IMMEDIATE COUGH OR CHOKING SENSATION
AND EXTREME NOSE AND THROAT IRRITATION ARE
RESPONSES TO BREATHING VAPORS OR MISTS WITH
POSSIBLE LUNG DAMAGE. t
CHRONIC -- REPEATED OVEREXPOSURES CAN CAUSE ULCERATION OF THE NOSE AND THROAT, EROSION OF THE TEETH AND TIGHTNESS OF THE CHEST.
COMMENTS:
VOLUNTARY GROSS OVEREXPOSURE IS UNLIKELY IN LIGHT OF THE IRRITATING PROPERTIES OF THE CHEMICAL.
IHG:
TLV: 5 PPM CEILING (7 MG/M3) SET TO PREVENT
SERIOUS PULMONARY INJURY. SIGNIFICANT IRRITANT EFFECTS MAY STILL BE PRESENT.
ODOR:
THRESHOLD AT 5 PPM.
REFERENCES:
"OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE", HEW/NIOSH, 1977; TLV DOCUMENTATION, ACGIH, 1977.
AUTHOR:
W. E. LEDFORD
CHECKED BY:
C. E. HALPHEN, INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE J. E. BETSO, TOXICOLOGY M. F. CURRIER, MEDICAL
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ISSUE DATE:
5/5/80
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