Table 7.
CS2 exposure concentrations by department
| Workers Exposed to CS2 (%) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department (N = 633) | |||||||||||||
| Spinning | Electrical Equipment Repair | Motor Repair | Collection of Sulfuric acid | Maintenance of ejector | Manufacturing of CS2 | Post-Process | Refining | Maintenance | Manufacturing of Viscose | Water Treatment | General Affairs | ||
| CS2 exposure concentrationa (ppm) | |||||||||||||
| 0- < 5b | N | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| % | 3.6 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 25.5 | 25.0 | 56.3 | 96.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 5- < 10c | N | 9 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 11 | 107 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| % | 3.2 | 15.4 | 38.5 | 34.3 | 77.5 | 91.7 | 73.8 | 75.0 | 43.7 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 50.0 | |
| ≥10 | N | 261 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| % | 93.2 | 76.9 | 61.5 | 65.7 | 20.0 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 50.0 | |
| total (N) | 280 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 145 | 8 | 16 | 54 | 2 | 2 | |
aTime-weighted average CS2 concentration
bEU - Commission Directive 2006/15/EC of 7 February 2006 establishing a second list of indicative occupational exposure limit values
cIndustrial Safety and Health Act enforcement regulations separate Table 3 of 11 Amendment of allowable standard of exposure concentration by harmful factor, IRE - 2010 Code of Practice for the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Chemical Agents) Regulations 2001. Published by the Health and Safety Authority