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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, St. Marys, Ohio, February 9-10, 1976,

PB88248893

Publication Date	1976
Personal Author	Johnson, P.; Rinsky, R.; Infante, P.; Jones, M.; Young, R.
Page Count	14
Abstract	Worker exposure to benzene vapors and noise were surveyed at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Cast Film Division in St. Marys, Ohio, on February 9 and 10, 1976. The company was under consideration for inclusion in an epidemiological study of the health effects of benzene exposure. The division manufactured clear plastic polyvinyl chloride and rubber hydrochloride films using the solvent casting method. Three shifts were worked 5 or 6 days per week, and 10 employees were assigned per shift. The company had a corporate medical director, a consultant, and a nurse for monthly examinations of workers with benzene exposure. The company had industrial health and safety programs and provided personal protection equipment. Twenty breathing zone samples collected for bezene ranged from 3.78 to 47.80 parts per million (ppm), and the 8 hour weighted average ranged from 7.18 to 24.91 ppm. The authors recommended that benzene exposure be limited to 1 ppm collected at the rate of 1 liter per minute for 2 hours. They conclude that an epidemiologic evaluation of mortality patterns should be conducted at this facility.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Benzene Polyvinyl chloride Rubber industry Evaluation Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC-3011 Region-5 CAS-71432
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 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198824

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, St. Marys, Ohio, February 9-10, 1976,

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, St. Marys, Ohio, February 9-10, 1976,
PB88248893

Publication Date	1976
Personal Author	Johnson, P.; Rinsky, R.; Infante, P.; Jones, M.; Young, R.
Page Count	14
Abstract	Worker exposure to benzene vapors and noise were surveyed at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Cast Film Division in St. Marys, Ohio, on February 9 and 10, 1976. The company was under consideration for inclusion in an epidemiological study of the health effects of benzene exposure. The division manufactured clear plastic polyvinyl chloride and rubber hydrochloride films using the solvent casting method. Three shifts were worked 5 or 6 days per week, and 10 employees were assigned per shift. The company had a corporate medical director, a consultant, and a nurse for monthly examinations of workers with benzene exposure. The company had industrial health and safety programs and provided personal protection equipment. Twenty breathing zone samples collected for bezene ranged from 3.78 to 47.80 parts per million (ppm), and the 8 hour weighted average ranged from 7.18 to 24.91 ppm. The authors recommended that benzene exposure be limited to 1 ppm collected at the rate of 1 liter per minute for 2 hours. They conclude that an epidemiologic evaluation of mortality patterns should be conducted at this facility.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Benzene Polyvinyl chloride Rubber industry Evaluation Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC-3011 Region-5 CAS-71432
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 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198824