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ABERDEEN CHEMICAL PLANT
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE MONTHLY REPORT
I. ROUTINE CHEMICAL DOSIMETRY
Month: March, 1986 Date of Report: April 21, 1986
All Sample Results
CHEMICAL
VCM Lead Total Particulates
Overexposures
PEL NO. %
78 97.5 15 88.2
6 100.0
"> PEL (OVEREXPOSURES) NO. %
2 2.5 2 11.8 0 0.0
JOB CLASS Vinyl A Operator
Chief Operator
Compounder Color Weigh Compounder
EXPOSURE **
1.5 ppm, VCM
** 1.7 ppm, VCM
* 72.0 Micrograms
Lead/M
SOURCE
Employee overexposed while performing his regular job duties in the old unit. The specific cause of his overexposure has not been determined.
Employee overexposed while performing his regular job duties. No specific cause for his overexposure has been determined.
Employee overexposed while charging Line III blenders.
* 46.1 Micrograms
Lead/MJ
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-List, and all Material Safety Data Sheets. The books will be distributed for easy employee access following Hazard Communication training in April.
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c: JF, JWW, DWH, PJK, WFH, TFL, VEM, RAF, AHS, CWT Tom Grumbles, J. R. Drumwright, M.D. - Houston