Osha Vinyl Chloride
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Osha vinyl chloride. Presently 29 cfr 1910 1017 k 2 i applies when the following conditions exist. Action level means a concentration of vinyl chloride of 0 5 ppm averaged over an 8 hour work day. Department of labor or his designee. Vinyl chloride exposure is associated with an increased risk of a rare form of liver cancer hepatic angiosarcoma as well as brain and lung cancers lymphoma and leukemia.
1910 1017 b 9 polyvinyl chloride means polyvinyl chloride homopolymer or copolymer before such is converted to a fabricated product. Food ingestion is a trivial source of exposure. Osha regulates levels of vinyl chloride in the workplace. Department of labor occupational safety health administration.
Shipped as a liquefied compressed gas. 800 321 6742 osha tty. The us osha limits vinyl chloride exposure of workers to no more than 1 ppm for eight hours or 5 ppm for 15 minutes. 200 constitution ave nw.
No employee may be exposed to vinyl chloride at levels greater than 1 ppm averaged over any 8 hour period or levels greater than 5 ppm averaged over any period exceeding 15 minutes. These procedures were designed and tested for internal use by osha personnel. 1910 1017 b 2 assistant secretary means the assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health u s. Vinyl chloride pdf disclaimer.
Chloroethene chloroethylene ethylene monochloride monochloroethene monochloroethylene vc vcm vinyl chloride monomer vcm colorless gas or liquid below 7 f with a pleasant odor at high concentrations. The us epa and fda limit vinyl chloride in drinking water to 0 002 ppm. Osha area director means the director for the occupational safety and health administration area office having jurisdiction over the geographic area in which the employer s establishment is located. Severe storm and flood recovery assistance.
1 an employee is currently exposed above the action level for vinyl chloride and 2 the employee s first employment in vinyl chloride and or polyvinyl chloride manufacturing plants preceded january 2 1965. How can exposures be reduced.