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Information and Data for Use in Preparation of a Criteria Document for Coke Producing Operations.

PB82166539

Publication Date	1981
Page Count	81
Abstract	Work practices of coke oven workers are examined in order to find procedures to reduce exposures to coke oven emissions from coke producing operations. Evaluations were made of each job, the feasibility of the use of respirators, construction of filtered air and conditioned air booths, administrative controls, and general operating procedures. Because of widely varying coke plants in the United States, only general recommendations are made, among them some relating to the charging of coal, the coking of the coal charge and the pushing of coke. Other recommendations are: individual plant surveys to define local problem areas; engineering controls; definition of exposure time; and the abandonment of the coal tar pitch volatile standard of emission which is deemed not applicable to coke-oven emissions.
Keywords	Industrial hygiene Coking Criteria Safety Air pollution Exposure Procedures Feasibility studies Respirators Occupational safety and health Air pollution control
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	American Iron and Steel Inst., Washington, DC.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198212
Contract Number	PHS-HSM-99-72-137

Information and Data for Use in Preparation of a Criteria Document for Coke Producing Operations.

Information and Data for Use in Preparation of a Criteria Document for Coke Producing Operations.
PB82166539

Publication Date	1981
Page Count	81
Abstract	Work practices of coke oven workers are examined in order to find procedures to reduce exposures to coke oven emissions from coke producing operations. Evaluations were made of each job, the feasibility of the use of respirators, construction of filtered air and conditioned air booths, administrative controls, and general operating procedures. Because of widely varying coke plants in the United States, only general recommendations are made, among them some relating to the charging of coal, the coking of the coal charge and the pushing of coke. Other recommendations are: individual plant surveys to define local problem areas; engineering controls; definition of exposure time; and the abandonment of the coal tar pitch volatile standard of emission which is deemed not applicable to coke-oven emissions.
Keywords	Industrial hygiene Coking Criteria Safety Air pollution Exposure Procedures Feasibility studies Respirators Occupational safety and health Air pollution control
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	American Iron and Steel Inst., Washington, DC.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198212
Contract Number	PHS-HSM-99-72-137