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Industrial Hygiene Report: Preliminary Survey of Wood Preservative Treatment Facility at Seaman Timber Company, Inc., Montevallo, Alabama.

PB80186208

Publication Date	1979
Personal Author	Todd, A. S.; Timbie, C. Y.
Page Count	20
Abstract	The Seaman Timber Company, Inc. (Standard Industrial Classification 2491) of Montevallo, Alabama was surveyed on July 26, 1979 to provide information on current and past processes used at the company, to review occupational safety and health procedures, to determine exposure concentrations of creosote (8001589) during routine wood treatment, to determine the need for comprehensive field studies to evaluate long term health effects associated with pressure treating of wood with creosote and chromated copper arsenate (7778418) (CCA), and to collect information for future technical reports. The company employs about 100 workers; 8 of these are actively engaged in wood treating. The company had no formal preemployment or periodical medical evaluation program for wood treatment employees but there was an initial employee orientation on good work practices, safety rules, and precautions, and periodic safety meetings. Two area air samples were taken near bundles of wood that had been unloaded from the processing cylinders after the creosote and coal tar (8007452) treatment, but no valid results were obtained. The authors conclude that inconsistencies in the laboratory procedure, compared with the NIOSH recommendations for evaluating airborne concentrations of creosote, resulted in poor analytical sensitivity, and inaccurate and invalid results.
Keywords	Creosote Hazardous materials Industrial medicine Environmental surveys Coal tar Wood preservatives Exposure Toxicity Criteria Inspection Standards Recommendations Industrial hygiene Concentration(Composition) Thresholds(Physiology) Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Copper arsenates CAS 8001-58-9 Air sampling Maximum permissible exposures CAS 7778-41-8 CAS 8007-45-2
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Stewart-Todd Associates, Inc., Wayne, PA.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198019
Contract Number	PHS-210-78-0060

Industrial Hygiene Report: Preliminary Survey of Wood Preservative Treatment Facility at Seaman Timber Company, Inc., Montevallo, Alabama.

Industrial Hygiene Report: Preliminary Survey of Wood Preservative Treatment Facility at Seaman Timber Company, Inc., Montevallo, Alabama.
PB80186208

Publication Date	1979
Personal Author	Todd, A. S.; Timbie, C. Y.
Page Count	20
Abstract	The Seaman Timber Company, Inc. (Standard Industrial Classification 2491) of Montevallo, Alabama was surveyed on July 26, 1979 to provide information on current and past processes used at the company, to review occupational safety and health procedures, to determine exposure concentrations of creosote (8001589) during routine wood treatment, to determine the need for comprehensive field studies to evaluate long term health effects associated with pressure treating of wood with creosote and chromated copper arsenate (7778418) (CCA), and to collect information for future technical reports. The company employs about 100 workers; 8 of these are actively engaged in wood treating. The company had no formal preemployment or periodical medical evaluation program for wood treatment employees but there was an initial employee orientation on good work practices, safety rules, and precautions, and periodic safety meetings. Two area air samples were taken near bundles of wood that had been unloaded from the processing cylinders after the creosote and coal tar (8007452) treatment, but no valid results were obtained. The authors conclude that inconsistencies in the laboratory procedure, compared with the NIOSH recommendations for evaluating airborne concentrations of creosote, resulted in poor analytical sensitivity, and inaccurate and invalid results.
Keywords	Creosote Hazardous materials Industrial medicine Environmental surveys Coal tar Wood preservatives Exposure Toxicity Criteria Inspection Standards Recommendations Industrial hygiene Concentration(Composition) Thresholds(Physiology) Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Copper arsenates CAS 8001-58-9 Air sampling Maximum permissible exposures CAS 7778-41-8 CAS 8007-45-2
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Stewart-Todd Associates, Inc., Wayne, PA.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198019
Contract Number	PHS-210-78-0060