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File: 081996_jun96_decls2_0002.txt
Subject: INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND SAFETY EVALUATION OF CARC PAINTING
Box ID: BX000205
Document Number: 54
Folder Title: PAMPHLET VU GRAPHS SLIDES OPS DESERT SHIELD SAFETY NOTES
Folder Seq #: 167
Unit: VII CORPS
Parent Organzation: ARCENT
SUBJECT: Industrial Hygiene and Safety Evaluation of "CARC" Painting Operation
operations at Al Jabay@ occured during the week of December 10. Sym
ptoms
indicated that short term (acute.) overexposures to some of the solvent
carriers as well as to unreacted isodyanates had occured. No determina-
tion as to the possibility of acquired sensitivity to the isocya nate
was made.
The cause of the overexposu@e resulted from inadequate engineering controls
and inadequate use of appropriate respiratory protection and personal
protective clothing.
On 17 December 1990 the Commander of the 176th Maintenance Battalion
identified a local source of respiratory protection and protective clothing.
These items were delivered to the painting site on 18 December 1990. I
provided instricution on the wearing of the full-face air purifying,
respirator with acid gas/organic vapor canisters as well as the wearing of
other protective equipment. Due to the necessity of providing equipment
expeditiously a local vendor dealing with safety supplies was used.
Other control measuures were implemented which should help reduce exposure.
These controls included establishment of a restricted area within which
certain levels of protective clothing would be worn depending upon the
specific job, 8 hour work shifts, job rotation, and establishment of
a break area removed from the painting site.
4. Conclusions:
The recent actions taken by the 176th Maintenance Battalion were practical
roduction rate setting
where possibly up to 50 vehicles per day could be painted. Should a
production rate of 100 - 200+ vehicle per day be required I feel health
problems would again surface and Additional controls would need to be
implemented.
5. Recommendations: Recommendations'for a high production rate scenario are
provided below:
a. High Production Rate: 100 - 200+ vehicles per day.
1) All @ersonnel working in and around the "CARCO painting, and mixing
areas would need to be provided, a full-face air-line respirator,
Tyvek clothing, hand and foot protection.
2) Assure air-line systems are capable of providing breathing quality
air.. In this environment the location of the air intakes for the
compressors need to be in a protected area or an area as remote as
possible from the source of contamination, and filtration systems
maintained.
3) Acquire additional mechanical agitators and/or mixers in order
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File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-23
Box ID = BX000205
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = PAMPHLET VU GRAPHS SLIDES OPS DESERT SHIELD SAFETY NOTES
Folder Seq # = 167
Subject = INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND SAFETY EVALUATION OF CARC
Document Seq # = 29
Document Date =
Scan Date = 18-JUN-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 16-AUG-1996