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Industrial Hygiene Report, Comprehensive Survey of Wood Preservative Treatment Facility at Bell Lumber and Pole, New Brighton, Minnesota.

PB82186719

Publication Date	1980
Personal Author	Todd, A. S.; Timbie, C. Y.
Page Count	28
Abstract	Worker exposures to pentachlorophenol (87865) were determined at the Bell Lumber and Pole Company (SIC-2491) in New Brighton, Minnesota on July 19 and 20, 1980. Fifteen of 27 personnel worked in the yard on pole preparation and treatment. The facility had no formal medical program, and there was no facility physician. A management union safety committee was used to discuss existing or potential hazards and establish policies. Hard hats were required in the yard area, and the use of safety shoes, boots and eye protection was encouraged. Pentachlorophenol concentrations ranged from 275.0 to 4.9 micrograms per cubic meter for the treatment operator filling a horizontal tank with hot pentachlorophenol oil and the treatment operator filling the butt tank, respectively. All monitored exposures were within OSHA limits.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Wood preservatives Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Chlorine organic compounds Lumber Phenol/pentachloro Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC-2491 CAS 87-86-5
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	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Industrial Hygiene Section.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Stewart-Todd Associates, Inc., Wayne, PA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Industrywide study.
NTIS Issue Number	198215

Industrial Hygiene Report, Comprehensive Survey of Wood Preservative Treatment Facility at Bell Lumber and Pole, New Brighton, Minnesota.

Industrial Hygiene Report, Comprehensive Survey of Wood Preservative Treatment Facility at Bell Lumber and Pole, New Brighton, Minnesota.
PB82186719

Publication Date	1980
Personal Author	Todd, A. S.; Timbie, C. Y.
Page Count	28
Abstract	Worker exposures to pentachlorophenol (87865) were determined at the Bell Lumber and Pole Company (SIC-2491) in New Brighton, Minnesota on July 19 and 20, 1980. Fifteen of 27 personnel worked in the yard on pole preparation and treatment. The facility had no formal medical program, and there was no facility physician. A management union safety committee was used to discuss existing or potential hazards and establish policies. Hard hats were required in the yard area, and the use of safety shoes, boots and eye protection was encouraged. Pentachlorophenol concentrations ranged from 275.0 to 4.9 micrograms per cubic meter for the treatment operator filling a horizontal tank with hot pentachlorophenol oil and the treatment operator filling the butt tank, respectively. All monitored exposures were within OSHA limits.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Wood preservatives Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Chlorine organic compounds Lumber Phenol/pentachloro Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC-2491 CAS 87-86-5
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	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Industrial Hygiene Section.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Stewart-Todd Associates, Inc., Wayne, PA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Industrywide study.
NTIS Issue Number	198215