Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96-0264-2713: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Hagerman, Idaho

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H. ; Cardarelli, John J. II ; Jiggens, Timothy E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a letter from the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (HAFO), requesting technical assistance in the evaluation of gamma radiation and radon gas exposures to HAFO staff. Subsequent communications from HAFO revealed that the general public, including children, could view and handle fossils in the Visitor Center. Furthermore, during the summer dig season, HAFO staff was comprised primarily of seasonal employees, students, and volunteers, with relatively few permanent NPS employees. In communicating with HAFO personnel prior to the initial site visit, NIOSH investigators recognized other potential occupational hazards such as heat stress and airborne silica. Two site visits (May 14-15 and July 23-24,) were conducted, and an interim letter containing recommended changes in practices and hazard abatements was sent after each visit.
• Subjects:
  Dust Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Radiation Radon Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Cut Stone And Stone Products Dusts Excavation Fossil Gamma-rays Hazard-Confirmed Heat-stress Heat Stress Ionizing Radiation Museum National Monument National Park Service Natural History Specimen OSHA Region 10 Paleontology Particulates PNOC PNOR Radium Radon Radon-daughters Silica Silica-dusts Uranium

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9602642713
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Idaho ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  52 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Black, Stephen R. ; Gale, Jim L. ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Kligmann, Peter M.Lovell, Patricia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000506
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-153819
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 96-0264-2713, 1998 Sep ; :1-51
• CAS Registry Number:
  Radon (CAS RN 10043-92-2)
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3281 - Cut stone and stone products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a169ff834334c8e3241aec7f4f7f9f7e9561215dbcd86e21b741e2b58600012d30c23ddcef525992dd17f16338b9b8fbcd31fcf135e8a43960aab8446450d85c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171033/cdc_171033_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.00 MB ]