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HSIS, Inc. a CIGNA company
Liberty Federal Tower
201 Second Street, Suite 530
Macon. GA 31213
(912) 743-8080
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October 30, 1986
Dr. E. Edward Wang, Manager Corporate Environmental Control J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. 1051 Sperry Road. Stockton, CA 95206
CIGNA
z PLAINTIFFS It EXHIBIT i JMMC-33
RE: ESIS Contract # 51-180
Dear Dr. Wang:
On September 16 and 17, 1986, I made a visit to the Denison plant to conduct an Environmental Health Survey. As a result of that visit, I am submitting the attached recommendation which should receive your immediate attention and consideration.
You will also find the results of the Environmental Health Report attached. These results are an indication of the environmental health conditions that existed on the days of my visit.
I wish to thank you and your staff for the cooperation that was extended during the course of this visit.
If you have any questions regarding this report and recommendation, please do not hesitate to call me at (713) 933-1826.
Sincerely,
Aileen Teng, CIH Senior Environmental Health Specialist CIGNA Loss Control Services, Inc.
cc: Charles Stelchek, Plant Manager, J-M Mfg., Denison, TX John T. Armstrong, J-M Mfg., Denison, TX Daniel Weetmen, Alexander & Alexander of NY
NOV. 1 O 1986
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RECOMMENDATIONS
a QGNA compony
NAME:
J-M Manufacturing
LOCATION:
Denison, TX
CIGNA
EH 86-1
As can be seen from the sample results presented in Table I, the UPL #2 inspector was exposed to an asbestos level in excess of the OSHA permissible exposure limit. The willow operator's exposure level exceeded the OSHA action level.
Routine monitoring of asbestos exposure levels and a medical surveil lance program have already been implemented per' the requirements of the 1972 asbestos standard. Several revisions were incorporated into the 1986 asbestos standards. It is recommended that the addi tional provisions.for notification of monitoring and medical examina tion results, work practices, preventive clothing, hygiene facili ties, warning signs, compliance program, respiratory protection, medical surveillance, record keeping and employee training in the 1986 standard be adhered to. A comparison of the two standards is presented in Appendix II for your reference.
CPHA98a Ptd.inU.S.A.
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REPORT
PREPARED FOR: J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Denison, Texas
DATE OF SURVEY: September 16 & 17, 1986
CONDUCTED BY: Aileen Teng, CIH Sr. Environmental Health Specialist CIGNA Loss Control Services, Inc.
ACCOMPANIED BY: John T. Armstrong J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc.
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INTRODUCTION
On September 16 &-17, 1986, an Environmental Health Survey was conducted at your plant in Denison, Texas, to evaluate employee exposures to noise, vinyl chloride monomer, respirable dust, total dust, asbestos, organic solvents, and carbon monoxide. The survey was conducted at the request of J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc., as an on-going monitoring program.
The standards and guidelines, methods, results, and discussion pertinent to this report follow.
STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
The recommendations made in this report are based on current OSHA standards and/or accepted state-of-the-art industrial hygiene practices to give reason able protection to the health and well-being of your employees.
The standards pertinent to this report are found in the Appendix Section.
METHODS Air sampling and analyses were conducted using the following.
Air Contaminant
Vacuum Source
Flow Rate Liters/Min.
Collection Medium
Asbestos
Gilian HFS113UT Pumps, DuPont 2500 Sampling PUmps
1.5
Open-faced 25mm AA filters. Cassettes with 50mm extension cowl
Vinyl Chlo ride Monomer
Gilian HFS113UT Pumps
0.05
2CT** in series
Respirable Dust
Gilian HFS113UT Pumps
1.7
Pre-weighed PVC filters on mini cyclones
Total Dust
Gilian HFS113UT Pumps
1.5
Pre-weighed PVC filters
Tetrahydro- DuPont P-4000
furan.
Sampling Pumps
Ethyl Acetate
0.2
CT
Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Methylene Chloride
Gilian HFS113UT Pumps
0.05
2CT in series
Analytical ' Method PCM*, NIOSH P&CAM #239
NIOSH P&CAM #127 GC*** NIOSH P&CAM #106
Gravimetric
NIOSH P&CAM #127 GC
NIOSH P&CAM #127 GC
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Carbon Monoxide
Gilian HFS1L3UT Pump
0.0035 .
Detector Tubes Direct Reading
* PCM * Phase Contrast Microscopy ** CT * Activated Charcoal Tubes *** GC " Gas Chromatography
Unless otherwise stated, samples were taken in the workers' breathing zones to obtain samples indicative of actual employees exposure. Pumps were calibrated prior to and after the sampling period.
All analyses were conducted by Environmental Health Laboratory in Macon, GA, which is accredited by the American Industrial Hygiene Association.
Noise
Sound level measurements were taken throughout the plant at the various opera tions in the hearing zones of the employees. General Radio Sound Level Meter, Type 1933, was used for the survey; this meter was acoustically calibrated with General Radio 1562 Sound Level Calibrator before and after use.
Quest Model M-7B noise dosimeter was used to measure cumulative exposure to noise. The noise dosimeter measures and accumulates noise and produces a con tinuous reading of the allowable exposure to which the wearer has been subject ed. The microphone of the dosimeter was clipped on the employee's shirt col lar near the ear, thereby receiving and accumulating approximately the same dosage as the ear.
RESULTS
Asbestos
The results of asbestos sampling are presented in Table I. The concentrations are presented in number of fibers (longer than 5 microns) per cubic centime ter, by job description. Also included are sample time, sample volume, and OSHA standard.
Respirable Total Dust
The results of respirable dust sampling are listed in Table II. The concentra tions are presented in milligrams per cubic meter (mg/M^), by job description and location, along with the applicable OSHA standard.
Vinyl Chloride
The results of vinyl chloride monomer sampling are presented in Table III. The concentrations are presented in parts per million (ppm), by job descrip tion and location, along with the applicable OSHA standard.
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Organic Solvents
The results of organic solvents air sampling are listed in Table IV. The con centrations are presented in parts per million (ppm), by job description and location, along with applicable OSHA standards.
When two or more hazardous substances are present, their combined effect, ra ther than that of either individually, should be given primary consideration. The health effects must be considered additive unless there is evidence to the contrary; thus, exposures are added relative to their designated OSHA stan dards. When adding these exposures, a value "Em" (equivalent exposure for the mixture) is determined by the OSHA formula. Exposure is considered excessive when the value "Em" exceeds unity (1.00).
Em = TWAi + TWA? + TWAq .... + TWAn
PELi PEL2 PEL3
PELn
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Where: TWA is the Time-Weighted Average concentration of a particular substance and PEL is the corresponding permissible limit for the substance.
Total Dust
The results of total dust sampling are presented in Table V. The concentra tions are reported in milligrams per cubic meter (mg/M^).
Carbon Monoxide
The results of carbon monoxide sampling are presented in Table VI. The concen tration is reported in parts per million (ppm).
Noise
The results of noise level measurements and Time-Weighted Average (TWA) expo sure are listed in Table VII.
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The J-M Manufactuning Company, Denison plant, manufactures three different types of pipes: transite; PVC; and permatran. The permatran plant was not in operation during the days of the survey. The transite plant is operated by one 3-day, 12-hour shift. The PVC plant operates around the clock.
Asbestos
OSHA has promulgated a new asbestos standard (1910.1001) on June 20, 1986 to lower the permissible exposure limit to 0.2 fibers/cc as an 8-hour timeweighted average. An action level, which will trigger requirements for periodic monitoring, medical surveillance, and employee training, is set at 0.1 fibers/cc.
As can be seen from the sample results presented in Table I, The UPL #2 in spector was exposed to an asbestos level in excess of the OSHA permissible exposure limit. The willow operator's exposure level exceeded the OSHA action level.
Routine monitoring of asbestos exposure levels and a medical surveillance pro gram have already been implemented per the requirements of the 1972 asbestos standard. Several revisions were incorporated into the 1986 asbestos stan dards. It is recommended that the additional provisions for notification of monitoring and medical examination results, work practices, preventive cloth ing, hygiene facilities, warning signs, compliance program, respiratory protec tion, medical surveillance, record keeping, and employee training in the 1986 standard be adhered to. A comparison of the two standards is presented in Appendix II for your reference.
Vinyl Chloride, Respirable Dust, Total Dust, Organic Solvents, and Carbon Monoxide
As can be seen from the sample results presented in Tables II, III, IV, V, and VI, the exposure levels to vinyl chloride, respirable dust, total dust, organ ic solvents, and carbon monoxide were all within OSHA permissible exposure limits. OSHA permissible exposure limits are levels to which nearly all work ers may be repeatedly exposed without adverse effects.
All the respirable dust samples listed on Table II had an insufficient dust deposit for a free silica analysis. Therefore, the OSHA silica permissible exposure limit is not applicable in this case. The exposure limit for respira ble total dust is used to evaluate the exposure levels.
Though the exposure level to methylene chloride is well within the recommended exposure limit, the management at the Denison plant has expressed interest in the health effects of methylene chloride. The toxicological data on methylene chloride can be found in the Appendix III.
Noise
The results of noise measurements (Table VII) indicate that noise levels ex ceeded the OSHA permissible exposure limit in many areas. A comprehensive hearing conservation program has been implemented by the management. To as-
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sure the protection for the worker's hearing, the hearing conservation program
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CONCLUSION
Implementation of the above mentioned recommendations should assist you in providing a more healthful working environment and reduce the potential for occupational disease.
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APPENDIX I
STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
A complete listing of the appropriate health standards can be found in the following Appendix. Included in this table are the following:
1. Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Subpart Z, CFR Title 29, Section 1910.1000. These standards represent the legal exposure limits as set by the Department of Labor.
2. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
Threshold Limit Values (TLV's) refer to exposure limits as set by this
organization. These limits, many of which were adopted by the Department
of Labor, are the work of professional personnel in governmental agencies
and educational institutions engaged in occupational safety and health
programs. These TLV's should be used as guides in the control of health
hazards and should not be used as fine lines between safe and dangerous
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3. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has pro posed changes in certain standards based on new evidence in regard to hu man health. These proposed limits are awaiting review, but should be kept in mind as applicable standards for the near future.
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c) When noise exposures exceed the action level (85 dBA equivalent) the employer shall administer a continuing effective hearing conservation program. This program should be made available to employees whose eight hour time weighted average (TWA) exposure equals or exceeds 85 (dBA) and such a program should consist of the following:
1. Perform noise monitoring to determine which employees may be exposed to noise equaling or exceeding 85 dBA eight hour TWA.
2. Provide baseline and annual audiometric testing of all exposed employees. Baseline test must be completed by March 1, 1984.
3. Make hearing protection available to employees whose noise exposures equal or exceed 85 dBA eight hour TWA.
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a) Employees whose 8 hour TWA exposure exceeds 90 dBA.
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-- an open-transfer of the liquid:
-- leakage from process equipment;
-- maintenance or repair-work done on process equip
ment or transfer systems containing methylene chloride;
-- a failure of temperature controls and/or of exhaust
ventilation systems or when these controls arc inad
equate, ineffective or improperly applied.
IV. Health Ejects.
A. Routes of Exposure.
.
Methylene chloride can affect the body if it is inhaled
or if it comes in contact with the eyes or skin. It can also
affect the body if it is swallowed (45).
B. Metabolic Palhways/Pharnincokinetics.
Analysis of the capability of various tissues to metabo
lize methylene chloride indicates the liver as the primary
site, with some metabolic action in the lung and kidney.
Data from both in vitro and in vivo studies indicate that
methylene chloride is metabolized via two pathways.
The P-450 mixed function oxidase pathway is located in
the microsomal fraction of the cell and yields carbon
monoxide as an end product. The glutathione-dependent
enzyme pathway found in the cytosolic fraction of the
cell yields carbon dioxide as an end product with formal
dehyde and formic acid as metabolic intermediates. Both
pathways generate mctabolically active intermediates;
formyl chloride, formaldehyde or S-chloromctiiyl glu
tathione, which arc theoretically capable of irreversibly
binding to cellular macromolcculcs such as DNA (II).
In vivo data suggest that during exposure to low
concentrations of methylene chloride the two pathways
appear to be utilized equally. At high concentrations
experimental animals exhale more carbon dioxide than
carbon monoxide. This suggests the cytosolic pathway
producing carbon dioxide may metabolize significantly
more methylene chloride than the microsomal pathway
yielding carbon monoxide (9).
At present there arc no data to prove that humans
utilize the cytosolic pathway. Some investigators have
speculated that this pathway is functional in humans
based on uptake data (9). Human utilization of the
microsomal pathway has been confirmed by monitoring
the carboxyitcmoglobin (carbon monoxide attached to
the usual oxygen site on the hemoglobin molecule) level
following exposure (54).
The carbon monoxide generated as an end product of
methylene chloride metabolism impairs the ability of the
blood to transport oxygen to the tissues. Hemoglobin has
a strbng affinity for carbon monoxide, approximately
210 times greater than for oxygen. This results in carbon
monoxide being readily attached to hemoglobin and
slowly dissociated. Once the carboxyhcmoglobin is
formed the hemoglobin is unavailable to transport oxy
gen and the release of oxygen from oxygenated hemoglo bin is alfcctcd.
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Toxicology Data. 1. Animal Studies: Experiments have been conducted to determine the carcinogenicity or methylene chloride. Some of these studies and the investigator's conclusions are summa rized below. The 19X4 publication by Itmek, et al. ( D lepoits the findings of a Dow Chemical Company 19X0 stud) of chronic inhalation in rats and hamsters. Inhalation expo sures of 0, 500. 1500. or .1500 parts oT methylene chloride per million parts of air (ppm) lor ft Imuis per day, 5 days a week for 2 years were used. Ilurek's results showed an increase in bening imnots in lemale rats at all doses and in male rats at the highest doses. Itmek also reported a significant increase in salivary gland saico mas at tile high dose only in rats. Hamsters showed no tumors, even al the highest dose levels. In 1982 Dow Chemical Company performed a second inhalation study to explore the toxicity of methylene cldoridc at concentrations below those that cause satuiation of tiic metabolic processes (0, 50, 200. and 500 ppm). No compound-related increased incidence of any oilier tumor type was observed by Dow researchers. The NTP (19) inhalation bioassay of methylene chlo ride was conducted on F.144/N rats and BftOFl mice. Both sexes were exposed at cnncenlialions of 0. 1000. 2000 and 4000 ppm for rats and 0. 2.000, and 1000 ppm for mice, 0 hours/day, 5 davs/week. for i02 weeks. In both male and lemale rats there was an increased inci dence of benign mammary gland neoplasms, primarily fibroadenomas. According to tlie N I P study there was a significant increase in hepatocellular neoplastic nodules and hepatocellular carcinomas (combined) by the tieml lest only in the female rats. NTP also noted a significant increase in mesotheliomas in male rats, in addition tlieic
was a statistically significant inciease of mononuclear cell leukemias in female rats by age adjustment. A marginally significant increase was noted in adienal plicochromocylomas and interstitial cell Illinois in male rats and pituitary gland adenomas ami carcinomas com bined in male and female rats by the tieml test only.
In the NTP mouse study, there was a highly signifi
cant increase in alveolar/bronchiolar adenoma and/or carcinoma in both sexes. The incidence of hepatocellular adenoma ami hepatocellular caicinoma combined was increased in tiic high-dose groups lor both sexes ami in the lower dose female gioup. NTP icpoiled a doserelated increase in the number of mice hearing multiple lung and liver tumors. While the control mice had no more than one lung tumor per mouse. 40 percent of all (lose animals had multiple lung, lunuus. Likewise. 2 percent of the contiols weir iouml to have multiple hepatocellular tumors and .10 peuent of the exposed animals exhibited multiple liver tumors.
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The NTP concluded that "there was some evidence of carcinogenicity of methylene chloride for male E344/N rats as shown by increased incidence of benign nco. plasms of the mammary gland. There was clear evidence of carcinogenicity -of dichloromcthanc for female F344/N rats as shown by increased incidence of benign neoplasms of the mammary gland. There was clear evidence of carcinogenicity of methylene chloride for male and female B6C3F1 mice, as shown by increased - incidences of alvcolar/bronchiolar neoplasms and of he patocellular neoplasms."
2. Epidemiological Studies: Fricdlandcr, et ai. (13) and the follow-up study by Hcarnc and Fricdlandcr (17) performed mortality analy ses of male Eastman-Kodak employees exposed to low levels of methylene chloride for up to 30 years. Propor tionate and cohort mortality studies were used to assess whether adverse health effects could be shown to occur as a result of exposure to methylene chloride. The proportionate mortality study was used to exam ine 334 deaths of methylene chloride exposed workers during 1956 to 1976. The control group consisted of Eastman Kodak workers who had not been exposed to methylene chloride. Eastman Kodak reported 71 neo plasms found while 73 were expected based on other Eastman Kodak employee mortality ratios. No single neoplasm site was over-represented. In the Hcarnc cohort mortality study (17), 751 methy lene chloride exposed workers were compared to two control groups: Eastman Kodak employees not exposed to methylene chloride and New York Stale males. The exposed group had a slightly elevated but not statistical ly significant rate of death from circulatory and respira tory diseases, a slightly higher but not statistically sig nificant incidence of brain or nervous tissue cancers, and a significant excess of hypertensive heart disease com pared to other Eastman Kodak employees.
Another facet of the cohort mortality study centered on 252 males with 20 year or more of exposure. Fricd landcr reported that this group did not demonstrate a statistically significant increase in neoplasms or in circu latory diseases when compared to the control groups.
The study by Ott, et al. (47) reported the results of a health evaluation of employees of a liber production plant where a solvent mixture of methylene chloride, acetone and methanol was used. The control population was chosen from a plant where only acetone was used. The investigation focused primarily on health effects occurring to the cardiovascular system associated with the increased carboxyhcmoglobin levels resulting from metabolized methylene chloride. The Ott. et al. study reported no statistically significant dilleienccs between observed and expected deaths.
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El'A has criliei/.ed both of these studies stating that although neither showed excessive risk, both showed
sufficient deficiencies to prevent them from being judged
negative studies. EPA noted that the I'riediatuler, et al.
study (13) lacked the statistical power to enable it to
detect a potential carcinogenic died and the Oil. et al.
(47) study, among other deficiencies, lucked a sufficient
latency period for site-specific cancer.
I). Adverse Human Health Kliects.
Methylene chloride has a narcotic action and acts as a central nervous system depressant. 1 he symptoms of
exposure may be dizziness, nausea, tingling, numbness
of the extremities, sense of fullness in the head, sense of
heat, stupor, dullness, lethargy, and headache. Inhaling
methylene chloride may cause a sensation of dtunkenucss with mental confusion and light-hcadcdncss. Expo
sure to very high concentrations may lead to staggering,
rapid unconsciousness and death.
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Skin contact with methylene chloride may cause ini-
tation, dryness of the skin or dermatitis. I he ptohlcm
may be accentuated if the chemical is confined to ific
skin by contaminated gloves, shoes or tight lilting cloth
ing.
Vapor concentrations of methylene chloride above
2.0U0 ppm may cause irritation of the eye and respira
tory tract (4).
Sittce exposure to methylene chloride inn raxes the
carboxyhcmoglobin level in the blood, ambient carbon
monoxide levels would have art additive ell eel on that
carboxyhcmoglobin level. Under normal conditions
blood contains about 0.5 percent caiboxyhcmoplnhiti
while a onc-pack-a-day smoker will have a earboxyhe
moglobin level of approximately 5.9 percent (14). At
high exposure levels (5(H) PPM and above), the cmhoxv-
hcmoglohin level would he expected to re.aeh a maxi
mum between I 2 and I 5 percent. "I his level is below that
considered hazardous lor any normally healthy individ
uals but could place additional stress on compiomised
individuals, c.g. persons with cardiovascular diseases
(H).
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OSliA lias initiated a program to evaluate all of the
existing research in order to decide the validity of each.
At the conclusion of this thorough investigation a more
meaningful extrapolation of the data from experimental
animal studies to human occupational exposure will be
performed.
K. Classification.
El'A classified methylene chloride as a Probable Hu
man Carcinogen ((iroup 112). T he El'A Probable Hu
man Carcinogen classification ((iroup U) is used when
there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in animals
and evidence of eaiciiiogriiirily fiom epidemiological
studies llutl ranges Imm "almost sitlliciciil to iiiad-
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equate." To reflect this range, the category is divided into higher (Group BI) and lower (Group B2) degrees of evidence. The Bl category is reserved for those agents for which there is at least limited evidence carcinogen icity to humans from epidemiological studies. In the absence of adequate data in humans, it is reasonable to regard agents for which there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in animals as probable carcinogens in humans. Agents for which there is sufficient evidence from animal studies but insufficient evidence from hu man studies arc classified as B2 (12).
... V. Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL).
The current OSHA standard for methylene chloride is
500 parts of methylene chloride per million parts of air
(ppm) averaged over an eight-hour work shift, with an
acceptable ceiling level of 1000 ppm and a maximum
peak concentration of 2000 ppm for five minutes in any
two-hour period. The National Institute for Occupation
al Safety-and Health (NIOSH) has recommended that
the permissible exposure limit be reduced to 75 ppm
averaged over a work shift of up to 10 hours per day, 40
hours per week, with a ceiling level of 500 ppm averaged
over a 15-minute period (21). NIOSH further recom
mends that permissible levels of methylene chloride be
reduced where carbon monoxide is present. The NIOSH
Criteria Document for Methylene Chloride should be
consulted for more detailed information (21). in 1986,
the American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH) published a Notice of Intended
Changes for 1986--87 to lower the Threshold Limit
Value-Time Weighted Average (TLV-TWA) for an
8-hour workday from 100 ppm to 50 ppm and deleted
the Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL) of 500 ppm.
ACGIH further classified methylene chloride in this
notice as A2 (Industrial substance suspect of carcinogen
ic potential for man. Chemical substances or substances
associated with industrial processes, which arc suspect of
inducing cancer, based on either (l) limited epidemiolo
gic evidence, exclusive of clinical reports of single cases,
or (2) demonstration of carcinogenesis in one or more
animal species by appropriate methods) (2).
VI. Monitoring.
Personal and area monitoring should be conducted
periodically to determine the levels of employee expo
sure. Personal samples measured over an entire work-
shift should be collected at the workers' breathing zones
to determine their lime-weighted average (TWA) expo
sures. Air samples of methylene chloride can be collect
ed by charcoal tubes, the analyte desorbed with carbon
disulfide and analyzed by gas chromatograph equipped
with a (lame ionization detector (22,23).
Because methylene chloride is a solvent with a high
vapor pressure, there is a high probability of its migra
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tion once adsorbed on charcoal, l or this reason, and
since the amount of sample which can be collected is
limited by the quantity each tube will hold before over
loading, OSHA recommends that sampling be done with
two charcoal lubes in scries, each continuing 100 mg
front and 50 mg, backup sections of charcoal at a
maximum How rate of 50 ml/utin ami not lo exceed a
sample volume of two liters of air (46).
VII. General Methods of Control.
Commonly used methods for controlling occupational
exposure to methylene chloride include product substitu
tion, engineering controls, work practice controls, and
the use of personal protective clothing and equipment.
Appropriate worker education and (mining programs .tie
also major factors in the control of exposures lo methy
lene chloride.
A. Substitution. The best method for controlling exposure lo any ex tremely toxic material is to use a less toxic material wherever possible. Methylene chloride has been de scribed by industry as a very strong and effective solvent for a variety of industrial compounds, combining several important technical qualities in one solvent (c.g., it is a
flammability suppressant, a vapor pressure depressant, a viscosity thinner, can be readily atomized, has a high evaporation rate and readily dissolves a wide variety of substances) (10, 15).
Industry has suggested the use of ethyl alcohol as a substitute solvent for use in hair sprays, room ftcshcocrs, degreasers and other household aetosol Immulatiuus. Possible alternative solvents for household aerosol spray paint formulations arc acetone, methyl ethyl ketone or toluene. Care must be exercised in selection of these substitute solvents since they are highly llammable. I or cold cleaning or vapor dcgicasiug. 1,1,2- liichlom1,2,2,-trilluoroethane ((fluorocarbon 113) or other less toxic halogcnatcd hydrocarbons may be used (10.15).
Trichlorofluoromcthauc (Fluorocarbon II) lias been used as an alternative solvent to methylene chloride lor use as a blowing agent in the manufacture of urethane foam products (5).
For many other important industrial processes, there may not be any viable alternatives to methylene chloride at this time.
B. Equipment or Process Design. Open equipment which dischaigcs methylene chloride to the ambient air should be avoided unless mechanical ventilation or solvent recovery units arc available. Occu pational exposure lo methylene chloride can be mini mized by the cllcclive installation, use and pioper main tenance or such items as full or paitial process enclosures, including the use of battles and covets. I or
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