Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96–0130–2619: The Sim J. Harris Company, San Diego, California

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• Personal Author:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Kinnes, Gregory M. ; Miller, Aubrey K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  As part of a study under an Interagency Agreement with the Federal Highway Administration, a workplace exposure and health assessment were performed during four paving days while the Sim J. Harris Company (SIC-1611) applied approximately 3,474 metric tons of crumb rubber modified (CRM) asphalt and conventional asphalt along several San Diego County, California roads. The evaluation included the collection of area air samples to characterize the asphalt fume emission, personal breathing zone air samples to evaluate worker exposures, and a medical component that included symptom questionnaires and lung function tests. Over 50 volatile organic compounds were detected in the asphalt emissions. All the monitored ones were below the respective occupational exposure limits. There were short term carbon-monoxide (630080) concentrations as high as about 40 parts per million (ppm) monitored on the paver deck. The symptom survey conducted among seven pavers revealed a higher rate of symptom occurrences per completed questionnaire during the CRM asphalt paving period as compared to the conventional asphalt paving period. The authors state that any conclusions drawn from this single site evaluation would be premature and suggest further study be completed.
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Hydrocarbons Lung Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Asphalt-fumes Asphalt-industry Asphalt Fume Benzene Soluble Particulate Bitumen CRM Crumb Rubber Modifier Elemental Carbon Eye Irritation Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-96-0130-2619 Highway And Street Construction Hydrocarbons IA-94-23 Interstate Highways Lung-irritants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 9 PACs PAH Paving Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons Recycled Tires Respirable Particulate Respiratory-system-disorders Respiratory Irritation Road-surfacing Total Particulate Volatile Organic Compounds Volatiles

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9601302619
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Interagency Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  53 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Barsan, Michael E. ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Jaycox, Larry ; Key-Schwartz, Rosa ; Kurimo, Robert W. ; May, Leroy ; Neumeister, Charles ; Nguyen, Mimi ; Olsen, Larry D. ; Pendergrass, Stephanie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00237086
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-187363
• 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 96-0130-2619, 1996 Dec ; :1-53
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1611 - Highway and street construction - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:08d9526768f8470e4061b5898781563d0c1fd7afe05cca612548b0e2ab6a923e91ccc253edfc868fae3537255b5a6c6f5e7d86eda28f89f3f6fa90621ee02418
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171127/cdc_171127_DS1.pdf
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