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ABD00313345 ABERDEEN CHEMICAL PLANT INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE MONTHLY REPORT 'R E V I S E D'- Month: August Date of Report: 10/4/84 Routine Chemical Dosimetry All Sample Results: Chemical VCM Lead Total Particulates PEL No. % 85 91.4 24 96.0 6 100.0 PEL OVEREXPOSURES No. W fQ 8 8.6 1 4.0 0 0.0 Overexposures Job Class Chief Operator Reactor Operator Reactor Operator Reactor Operator Exposure 1.2* ppm. 10.1** ppm, VCM 1.4* ppm, VCM * 2.9** ppm, VCM Source Employee overexposed while changing VCM filter pack filters. Employee overexposed while doing his regular job of reactor operator in the old unit. No specific cause for his overexposure has been deter mined. Employee overexposed while sampling 745 reactor. Employee overexposed while training a fellow employee and a reactor operator in the old unit. No specific cause for the overexposure has been identified. ABD00313346 .justrial Hygiene Report - August Hage 2 Overexposures Exposure Source Dryer Uti1ity 1.1** ppm, VCM Employee overexposed while being trained as a reactor operator in the old unit. No specific cause for the overexposure has been identified. Yard Operator 2.6* ppm, VCM The employee was overexposed while hooking/unhooking VCM railcars at the VCM tank farm. Mechanic 1.9** ppm, VCM Employee overexposed while blanking out D-300 reactor condenser prior to condenser drilling. Mechanic 6.2* ppm, VCM Employee overexposed while changing out two Corken compressors at the VCM tank farm. Line Compounder 44.4* microgram Lead/m^ The product being produced during sampling time contained no lead. The source of the overexposure is not clear; it may be related to housekeeping in the area. * Respiratory protection was worn. ** Repsiratory protection was not worn. VCM Area Monitoring Four, forty-minute VCM area samples were taken at the top of 502 blend tank during the transfer of 5385 resin slurry from D-700 reactors using REAL "Minimonitor" badges. Wind direction was from west to east, ranging between zero and five miles per hour. The results indicate, as have previous studies, that VCM concentrations atop blend tanks may reach levels that require the use of respirators during slurry transfer, depending on a variety of variables including wind conditions. Decause of this, respirators should continue to be used during work atop the tanks. No. Location Result (ppm, VCM) 1 Top and SW of 502, on Safety Rai1ing 2 Top and NW of 502, on Safety Railing 3 Top and 5E of 502, on Safety Rai1ing 4 Top and NE of 502, on Safety Railing 0.1 < 0.1 < 0.1 3.3