Biological Hazards in Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Plants

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Biological Hazards in Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Plants

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2004/01/01
By Center to Protect Workers' Rights
Series: CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications

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Journal Article:

Biological hazards in sewage and wastewater treatment plants: hazard alert
Corporate Authors:

Center to Protect Workers' Rights
Description:

During construction and maintenance of sewage and wastewater plants, workers may be killed by drowning, trench collapses, falls, confined spaces, and exposure to chlorine or hydrogen sulfide gas. The work can also make you sick. Sewage and wastewater contain bacteria, funguses, parasites, and viruses that can cause intestinal, lung, and other infections. If equipment, work practices, and personal protective equipment (PPE) don't protect you from swallowing these agents, you can get sick. During any part of treatment, transport, or application of sewage sludge, you can be exposed to materials that can cause disease. This is true even if you work around treated (class B) biosolids. Careful work habits can help protect you. [Description provided by NIOSH]
Subjects:

Accident Prevention Accidents Bacterial Infections Biological Products Chlorine Compounds Confined Spaces Construction Industry Construction Materials Environmental Monitoring Fungi Hazardous Substances Maintenance Microbiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Parasitic Diseases Safety Safety Management Sewage Sulfides Viral Diseases Waste Disposal, Fluid Waste Management Wastewater Water Purification Workplace
Keywords:

Construction; Construction-equipment; Construction-industry; Construction-materials; Construction-workers; Safety-education; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Work-environment; Work-practices; Worker-health; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Accident-prevention; Hazards; Maintenance-workers; Hazardous-materials; Hazardous-waste-cleanup; Waste-disposal; Waste-disposal-systems; Waste-treatment; Bacteria; Bacterial-disease; Bacterial-infections; Biohazards; Biological-effects; Sewage-industry; Sewage-treatment; Sewer-cleaning; Confined-spaces; Chlorine-compounds; Gases; Sulfides; Bacteria; Fungi; Viral-infections; Parasitic-diseases; Biological-agents; Microorganisms
Source:

Silver Spring, MD: The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, 2004 Sep; :1-2
Series:

CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
Subseries:

Hazard Alerts
Publisher:

The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Report
Place as Subject:

Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

2 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

nn:20039436
Contact Point Address:

Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO: CPWR, Suite 1000, 8484 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910
CAS Registry Number:

Chlorine (CAS RN 7782-50-5) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4)
Federal Fiscal Year:

2004
NORA Priority Area:

Construction
Performing Organization:

The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
Peer Reviewed:

False
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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