Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 97–0304–2695: Racine Fire Department, Racine, Wisconsin

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• Personal Author:
  Echt, Alan S. ; Roegner, Kevin C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On September 5, 1997, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from fire fighters of the Racine Fire Department to conduct a health hazard evaluation (HHE) of diesel exhaust exposure at fire stations within the city of Racine, Wisconsin. Health concerns indicated on the request included headaches and concerns about the possible carcinogenic risk associated with exposure to diesel exhaust. In response to the request, NIOSH investigators conducted an industrial hygiene evaluation at two fire stations on November 12 and 13, 1997. Environmental monitoring was conducted for components of diesel exhaust including nitrogen oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), elemental carbon (EC), and miscellaneous hydrocarbons. Personal breathing zone (PBZ) and area air samples were collected for EC at each station. Area samples were collected in the kitchen, apparatus bay, and in the fire fighters' sleeping quarters. Additionally, one background EC sample was collected outside of each station as a comparative measure. Exhaust ventilation flow rates were also measured to estimate air changes per hour in apparatus bays.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Carcinogens Environmental Monitoring Fires Occupational Health Safety Vehicle Emissions Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Diesel Diesel-exhaust Elemental-carbon Elemental Carbon Exposure Fire-stations Fire Fighters Fire Protection Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-hazard-evaluation Nitrogen-dioxide Nitrogen-oxide Nitrogen Dioxide Organic-vapors OSHA Region 5

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9703042695
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wisconsin ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Herbert, Nichole ; Kurimo, Robert W.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000012
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-152209
• 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 97-0304-2695, 1998 Jun ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon (CAS RN 7440-44-0) ; Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0)
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9224 - Fire protection - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1bc0d9169a510ee4e6950f07ccec6c4f54ec535fdc0c8052af047ead877bf35e73188a25194ebd2414239eca10957fb38d191b74054b74080d5384fc3cde5b84
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171070/cdc_171070_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 192.72 KB ]