Survey of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, St. Marys, Ohio, February 9-10, 1976
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 benzene 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.
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6621111
- Report Number(s):
- PB-88-248893/XAB; IWS-61.10
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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