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Worker Exposure to Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons at Selected Petroleum Refinery Process Units, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

PB81236846

Publication Date	1980
Page Count	65
Abstract	Worker exposures to polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were surveyed at Sun Oil Refinery (SIC-2911) in Tulsa, Oklahoma from April 17 to 20, and December 3 to 5, 1979. The refinery employed about 850 workers. Personal and area air samples were collected on silver membrane filters and were analyzed for 23 individual PAHs by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. All samples contained detectable amounts of PAHs. Personal exposures to PAHs ranged from 1.4 to 70.8 micrograms per cubic meter, and most of the PAHs were 2-ring compounds. Naphthalene (91203) and its two methyl derivatives were the compounds found in the greatest concentrations. The authors conclude that workers at this refinery are exposed to numerous PAHs.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Environmental surveys Aromatic hydrocarbons Exposure Toxicity Cycloalkane hydrocarbons Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC 2911 CAS 91-20-3
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	Enviro Control, Inc., Rockville, MD.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Contract rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198125
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-78-0082

Worker Exposure to Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons at Selected Petroleum Refinery Process Units, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Worker Exposure to Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons at Selected Petroleum Refinery Process Units, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
PB81236846

Publication Date	1980
Page Count	65
Abstract	Worker exposures to polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were surveyed at Sun Oil Refinery (SIC-2911) in Tulsa, Oklahoma from April 17 to 20, and December 3 to 5, 1979. The refinery employed about 850 workers. Personal and area air samples were collected on silver membrane filters and were analyzed for 23 individual PAHs by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. All samples contained detectable amounts of PAHs. Personal exposures to PAHs ranged from 1.4 to 70.8 micrograms per cubic meter, and most of the PAHs were 2-ring compounds. Naphthalene (91203) and its two methyl derivatives were the compounds found in the greatest concentrations. The authors conclude that workers at this refinery are exposed to numerous PAHs.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Environmental surveys Aromatic hydrocarbons Exposure Toxicity Cycloalkane hydrocarbons Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC 2911 CAS 91-20-3
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	Enviro Control, Inc., Rockville, MD.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Contract rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198125
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-78-0082