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Industrywide Studies Report of Indepth Survey of Nalco Chemical Company, Garyville, Louisiana, April 23-25, 1984,

PB89101216

Publication Date	1985
Personal Author	Hills, B.
Page Count	29
Abstract	Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for acrylamide at Nalco Chemical Company (SIC-2869, SIC-2899). Breathing zone time weighted average (TWA) acrylamide concentrations ranged from 0.003 to 0.012 mg/cu m, arithmetic mean, 0.005mg/cu m. The OSHA TWA standard for acrylamide is 0.3mg/cu m. Environmental (wipe) samples contained 3.6 to 5.5 micrograms acrylamide per sample (microg/sample), barely above the limit of detection, 1.76 microg/sample. During the survey, dried acrylamide powder was not evident on the equipment or floor. Forty employees, including maintenance workers, worked in the acrylamide areas. Since 1974, as many as 80 employees have worked in the acrylamide and polyacrylmide production areas. The author notes that based on a previous walk-through survey, the company practices good housekeeping. The author concludes that exposures to airborne acrylamide at the facility are very low. The number of employees exposed to acrylamide is too small to conduct an epidemiological survey.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial hygiene Chemical industry Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Louisiana Exposure Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Acrylamide SIC 2869 SIC 2899 Air sampling
Source Agency	Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories 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.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB85-234763.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198901

Industrywide Studies Report of Indepth Survey of Nalco Chemical Company, Garyville, Louisiana, April 23-25, 1984,

Industrywide Studies Report of Indepth Survey of Nalco Chemical Company, Garyville, Louisiana, April 23-25, 1984,
PB89101216

Publication Date	1985
Personal Author	Hills, B.
Page Count	29
Abstract	Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for acrylamide at Nalco Chemical Company (SIC-2869, SIC-2899). Breathing zone time weighted average (TWA) acrylamide concentrations ranged from 0.003 to 0.012 mg/cu m, arithmetic mean, 0.005mg/cu m. The OSHA TWA standard for acrylamide is 0.3mg/cu m. Environmental (wipe) samples contained 3.6 to 5.5 micrograms acrylamide per sample (microg/sample), barely above the limit of detection, 1.76 microg/sample. During the survey, dried acrylamide powder was not evident on the equipment or floor. Forty employees, including maintenance workers, worked in the acrylamide areas. Since 1974, as many as 80 employees have worked in the acrylamide and polyacrylmide production areas. The author notes that based on a previous walk-through survey, the company practices good housekeeping. The author concludes that exposures to airborne acrylamide at the facility are very low. The number of employees exposed to acrylamide is too small to conduct an epidemiological survey.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial hygiene Chemical industry Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Louisiana Exposure Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Acrylamide SIC 2869 SIC 2899 Air sampling
Source Agency	Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories 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.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB85-234763.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198901