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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1946 DOC#: GY001 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Government Regulations - Asbestos vI ' LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS Division o f In du strial Hygiene Ohio Department of Health Columbus, Ohio 1946 REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASES RESULTING FROM EXPOSURE TO TOXIC FUMES, VAPORS, MISTS, GASES AND DUSTS IN ORDER TO *. PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH Adopted by th e Ohio P u b lic H ealth C o u n c il F e b ru ary 16, 1946. F ile d w ith th e ta r y o f S t a t e March 1, 1946. E f f e c t i v e Ja n u a ry 1 , 1947 Secre DEFENDANT'S gy n EXHIBIT Regulation 247. (Hahnful Exposure.) (2) The concentration o f d u sts, fumes, m ists, vapors, o r g a se s, in the a i r breathed by employees s h a ll not exceed the follow ing maximum allow able concentrations f o r an 8-bour d a ily exposure: GASES .AND VAPORS . CONCENTRATION P arts per million (by volume) A cetone...................................................................................................... .A c r o le in ............................................................................................ A crylon itrile(Vinyl C y a n id e )............................................................. Ammonia..................................................................................... Amyl Acetate....................................................................................... Butyl .A c e ta te .......................................................................................... Ethyl A c e ta te ............................................................................... Aniline ............................................................................................... .Arsine................................................................................................... Benzene (Benzol)............................................................................... Butanone (MethylEthyl Ketone).................................................... Butyl Alcohol . v ; . Carbon D isu lfid ea. ; ' ,v .............................................................. Carbon' Monoxide.................... Carbon T e t r a c h lo r id e ................................... ............................ Chlorine................................................................................. C h lo ro fo rm ............................................ D ich lo rb en zen e......................................... Dichlorethyl E t h e r ................. V V -. .... Dime thy 1=Anilin Ether (Ethyl) . Ethylene Dichloride . . . .............................................. . . . Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (Methyl "C e llo so lv e "). Formaldehyde.............................................. ......................................... Hydrogen C h lo rid e ..................... ................................ .................... Hydrogen Cyanide............................................................................... Hydrogen Fluoride (C alculated as H F) . ............................. Hydrogen S u lfid e ...................................................... ........................ Methyl Alcohol.......................................... ........................................ 500 0.5 20 400 400 5 1 100 300 100 20 . 100 100 5 100 75 15 400 100 100 10 10 20 3 20 200 100 400- 2 GASES AND VAPORS CONCENTRATION Parts per million (by volume) Methyl Bromide ......................................... Methyl Chloride................. ........................ Naphtha: Coal Tar ............................................. P e tr o le u m ................................. , . Nitrobenzene ............................................. Nitrogen Oxides......................................... Ozone................................. ............................ Phosgene ..................... ............................. Phosphine ................................................. Styrene (Monomer)..................................... Sulfur Dioxide ......................... . . . . Tetracblorethane ........................ Tetrachlorethylene (Perchloretbylene) Toluene (T o lu o l)................. T rich loretby.lene..................................... Turpentine . w ......................................... ... Xylene (Xylo\) . . . ............................ ... 20 200 200 1,000 5 25 1 1 1 400 ' 10 10 200 200 200 200 200 METALLIC DUSTS .AND FUMES Cadmium ............................................................. Chromic Acid and Chromates ......................... (Calculated a s chromic oxide, CrOj) L e a d ..................................................................... Manganese............................................................. Mercury................................................................. Zinc O x id e................................................. .. CONCENTRATION M illigram s per. cubic meter . 0.1 IS * X 0.15 6.0 0.1 15.0 OTHER DUSTS AND FUMES Chlorinated Diphenyls . . . . . . . . . 1.0 Chlorinated Naphthalenes: T r ic b lo r n a p b th a le n e ................................. 5.0 Pentacblornaphthalene............................. 0.5 MINERAL DUSTS .. . r > : CONCENTRATION Million p article s Per cubic foot Asbestos . "T-................................. '. . . . 5 S ilic a , free or uncombined: over 40fc . 5 .................. 20* to 40% =10 20 RADIATICI * ' * X-ray (Roentgens per d a y ) ..................................................... .... Radium (Roentgens per day) : ..................................................... Radon gas (Curie per l i t e r ) ......................................................... 0.1 0.1 io" ** "Explanatory Note: . (1) At le a s t three atmospheric samples, spaced at in te rv a ls to y ield an average measurement o f exposure over the entire cycle of operation under t e s t Shall be co lle cte d in the breathing zone o f the worker or wherever such exposures are suspected or known to e x is t. (2) The sampling and a n a ly sis o f contaminated a ir and the in terp retatio n o f the data in re la tio n to the sta te d maximum allow able concentrations s h a ll bedone only by tech n ically q u a lified and competent persons using methods approved by the Ohio Department o f Health. (3) Temporary concentrations in excess o f the maximum allowable concentrations lis te d sh a ll not be permitted i f exposure to such concentrations fo r a period o f one hour or le s s may r e s u lt in an adverse e ffe c t on health a s determined by the Ohio Department o f Health. (4) For the purpose o f the above maximum allowable concentrations fo r s i l i c a , the free s i l i c a con tent s h a ll be the percent o f free s i l i c a in the fraction o f the air-born e dust in the breathing zone o f the worker th at i s sm aller than 5 microns in maximum diameter, (5) For a l l other dust determ inations m illion s o f dust p a r tic le s p er'cu b ic foot o f a ir by the lig h t fie ld microscope counting technique sh a ll include a l l m icroscopically v is ib le p a r tic le s up to 10 microns in s i z e ." <<.