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Industrial Hygiene Assessment of Coal Gasification Plants.

PB90142332

Publication Date	1982
Personal Author	Cubit, D. A.; Tanita, R. K.
Page Count	170
Abstract	Worker exposures to hazardous chemicals were evaluated at coal gasification facilities. Industrial hygiene surveys were conducted, and air samples were collected for analysis of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, polynuclear aza heterocyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic amines, metals, common toxic gases, and other organic compounds. Sampling results indicated that workers were exposed to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in the low microgram per cubic meter range, with the light molecular weight compounds in higher concentrations than the four through seven ring compounds. Some specific activities produced higher concentrations. Aromatic amines, phenolic compounds and simple aromatic solvents were occasionally present at very low levels.
Keywords	Workers Hazardous materials Solvents Aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons Aromatic monocyclic hydrocarbons Coal gasification Toxicity Gases Maintenance Skin(Anatomy) Amines Concentration(Composition) Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	68C - Solid Wastes Pollution & Control 68A - Air Pollution & Control 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Dynamac Corp., Rockville, MD.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV. Appalachian Lab. for Occupational Safety and Health.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199008
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-78-0040

Industrial Hygiene Assessment of Coal Gasification Plants.

Industrial Hygiene Assessment of Coal Gasification Plants.
PB90142332

Publication Date	1982
Personal Author	Cubit, D. A.; Tanita, R. K.
Page Count	170
Abstract	Worker exposures to hazardous chemicals were evaluated at coal gasification facilities. Industrial hygiene surveys were conducted, and air samples were collected for analysis of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, polynuclear aza heterocyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic amines, metals, common toxic gases, and other organic compounds. Sampling results indicated that workers were exposed to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in the low microgram per cubic meter range, with the light molecular weight compounds in higher concentrations than the four through seven ring compounds. Some specific activities produced higher concentrations. Aromatic amines, phenolic compounds and simple aromatic solvents were occasionally present at very low levels.
Keywords	Workers Hazardous materials Solvents Aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons Aromatic monocyclic hydrocarbons Coal gasification Toxicity Gases Maintenance Skin(Anatomy) Amines Concentration(Composition) Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	68C - Solid Wastes Pollution & Control 68A - Air Pollution & Control 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Dynamac Corp., Rockville, MD.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV. Appalachian Lab. for Occupational Safety and Health.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199008
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-78-0040