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MWMiiHM sSj='-*.vir-2S^j5"<I:-vr-.'*f;Copies to: the tounvutg times, nm*r.- august >. mx 0 3 i J; ^"cott " "J. L. Nelson E. W. Harrington H. Waltemate B. M. G. Zwicker IG. Pow W. J. Wilcox B. F. Goodrich to upgrade |P. J. Weaver ;R. B. Downey .E. B. Osborne vinyl<hloride monitoring R. P. Kenney - A. L. Hatfield - C. R. Flyn: K. Greene By DENNIS FOUTE Lat&rtti* TiMH OsH WW**r The B. F. Goodrich Co. plant on Bells iae says it iii upgrade its monitoring Handarft for workers 'bo are exposed to vinyl chloride. The fedora! Occupation*] Safety and i/ealtb Administration (OSHA) cited the amount of exposure to workers, and cooditions for monitoring cxr-Piurc. The standard was 500 parts per million; it wag changed io 50. It -was * portion of this temporary flan- , dard of which Goodrich was found in no- lailpfl- The standard requires in part, that i plant last month for failure to property monitor worker exposure to vinyl chlor- ide. The citation eras issued after an earlier vis Uto the plant by a federal occupa tional fcygenisU Goodrich ha* derided not to contest the workers wear a monitoring device on their uniforms to record the amount ot vinylchloride in the air. Coadrieh had monitoring devices, but .- none of the type called for in the sus-i dard. A statement by the company said. "The i citation, tad wili bring its monitoring pro cedure for workers into line with the fed eral standard, according to Frank Flana gan, area OSHA director. He said the company was very cooperative. company pointed eat to CiSHA. tbit in ; addition to personnel monitoring, 3. r. I Goodrich has been doing extensive mens- - Soring even beyond that required in the r temporary standard." cmapexy cocperaUie -. Tht eompany said it is installing the : procedures at called for io the standard.; ll said it did not contest the OSHA cits- = Specifically, the eitation charged that lion "la order to settle the- matter r the company failed "to monitor a suit!- promptly." 1 deal number of employes so that a repre- ... t. jeaUUve sample of exposure to vinyl Flanagn said the visit to Goodrich by ! <h!w>de may hi determined." the hygienist was prompted by thecom- i Flanagan's office emphasised. as did' pasty's involvement with vinyl chloride, -j the company, that it did not find exposure levels above the government standard When it visited the plant. The standard Says chemieal "target health hxtard- it no more than SO parts of vinyl chloride per million parts of air. Vinyl chloride is a gas- It is Used in the production of polyvinyl coioride, a build ing-block for many plastics. Exposure to vinyl chloride is thought to cause the rare iiver cancer, angiosar coma There have been six deaths of for mer Goodrich workers from that cancer since 1955. The latest death was uncovered re cently Two oilier workers, both living, also bare the cancer. He said the chemical ii a "target heatth - hatard" and as eueh gets special alienlion ; : from health ana safety officials. r ll was added to a list which contains such things as asbestos and lead, after it : waa determined that exposure to vinyl : , chloride possibly caused cancer, Flreagan said. Although Kentucky has its own occurs- tionii health and safety standadrs. Flani gan said, the temporary standard on rinyt ii chloride u not among the state rogu- : islions. , i; sparks company's action j- Since the federal standard is more , t ~ stringent, it applies to Goodrich raiser ; than a stale rule, he said. , When Goodrich announced in January Under the federal rule. Goodrich must , that 1! inspected tbsi exposure to rtny! sample exposure no its* frequently `Sun . chloride caused the cancer, it tparked a weekly, until ii gets revolts showing the : number of actions by government and the in cl below 50 parts per raiiltoo pans of industry. sir tor throe consecutive weeks. Then Use j On* of the government's actions was to -monitoring can be done monthly, as long ;. install a temporary standard on the as no readings are above 50. . i. 20444001 BFG03467