Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96-0107-2613: Dartmouth Police Department, Dartmouth, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Sylvain, David C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Dartmouth Chief of Police, an investigation was begun into possible lead (7439921) exposure to officers of the Dartmouth Police Department (SIC-9221), Dartmouth, Massachusetts during firearms training at the New Bedford Police Department indoor firing range. The indoor facility was located in an old office trailer. Sampling was conducted during the firing of copper jacketed lead-free primer ammunition. Air sampling indicated that airborne lead concentrations were below the minimum quantifiable concentration. Wipe samples from surfaces inside the trailer revealed lead concentrations ranging from 6.6 to 31.6 micrograms/100 square centimeters. The surface contamination likely resulted from the use of lead containing ammunition by other police forces. Ventilation was provided through two 14-inch axial fans located in the sidewalls of the trailer. The author concludes that the firing of copper jacketed lead-free primer ammunition did not present a health hazard, but the continued use of lead primer ammunition by other departments may expose officers to lead from surface contamination.
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Pollution Law Enforcement Lead Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Environmental-contamination Hazard-Unconfirmed Heavy-metals HETA-96-0107-2613 Indoor Firing Ranges Law-enforcement-workers Lead Lead-dust NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 1 Police Protection Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9601072613
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Lovell, Patricia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00235369
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-155626
• 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 96-0107-2613, 1996 Dec ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9211 - Courts - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:71cd9045392771aeeb4f42e417aa978123cc65bbd5e2d633e97702978ae944f5e3968c9e652ebedbefb9dc6f467a3f9dfd0b0339cbe5b37539b0332c7babe1e1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171155/cdc_171155_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 214.44 KB ]