Control technology for falling solids at Rohm and Haas, Louisville, Kentucky. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6149296

Heitbrink, W A; Todd, W F

A control technology study was carried out by NIOSH at the Rohm and Haas acrylic resins facility in Louisville, Kentucky, to examine the relationship between worker dust exposure and dustiness test results, and to determine if exposures can be estimated on the basis of material properties. Tests were done in the packaging room for KV-2 acrylic resin. Air sampling was done at three packaging locations and at a control location for background. Material properties of increasing fine content and decreasing particle size were correlated with increasing dustiness and dust exposure; the authors caution that particle cohesion may influence this relationship. The Heubach test was found to be superior to the MRI test. The authors recommend careful use of the regression-analysis data and suggest that predictions of worker exposure may only be valid under conditions identical to those of this study.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6149296
• Report Number(s): PB-87-189486/XAB; ECTB-154-10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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