Walk-through survey at Pure Carbon Company, St. Mary's, Pennsylvania

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6852307

Greife, A

A walk-through survey was conducted to determine whether this facility would be suitable for inclusion in a larger study of the carbon-products industry. At this location, mechanical carbon products were produced such as rings, seals, and bearings from the basic raw materials or calcined petroleum coke and coal tar pitch. Air samples were collected and analyzed for 17 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the highest concentrations of which were found in the baking area. It was not possible to identify the source of these PAHs in this area as 16 of the 17 analyzed for are common to both coal tar pitch and molding-flour bulk samples. Benzene solubles detected in the mixing and baking areas ranged from 0.05 to 0.22 mg/cu m. The workforce at the installation consisted of about 370 persons in three workshifts. Each employee underwent a preemployment physical. A relocation program was underway which, when completed, would significantly reduce employee exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles. The author concludes that this facility is not suitable for inclusion, since petroleum pitch is not used.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Div. of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluation and Field Studies
• OSTI ID: 6852307
• Report Number(s): PB-88-236906/XAB; IWS-142.10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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