Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96-0006-2604: Illinois Power Company, Baldwin, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Mattorano, Dino A. ; Moss, C. Eugene ; Tepper, Allison L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Corporate Medical Director, an investigation was begun into a cluster of brain cancer cases at the Illinois Power Company (SIC-4911), Baldwin, Illinois. Three cases of brain cancer had been diagnosed among employees between 1990 and 1994. Baldwin was a fossil fuel station producing electricity, consisting of three generating units. Each of the three cancer cases had a glial cell tumor
  
  two had an astrocytoma and one had an ependymoma. They had worked at Baldwin from 14 to 19 years. Each had worked as a maintenance mechanic for nearly all of their employment at Baldwin. Measurements taken of extremely low frequency electric and magnetic field strength levels inside and outside the facility showed findings which were below the current occupational exposure ceiling limit. Extended periods of time were spent at high temperatures which raises concern for heat related disorders. The authors conclude that the cause of brain cancer could not be identified. The authors recommend that efforts be made to better control temperature and relative humidity at the workstations. Housekeeping procedures should be improved and the problem of electrical shocks in the parking lots should be examined.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Electricity Electromagnetic Phenomena Epidemiology Mortality Neoplasms Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Brain-tumors Brain Cancer Cancer-rates Electric-power-generation Electromagnetic-fields EMF Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-96-0006-2604 Mortality-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Power, Electric: Generation, Transmission Or Distribution Volatile Organic Compounds

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9600062604
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  24 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Deckovic-Vukres, Vlasta ; Hanley, Kevin W. ; Mitchell, Kathleen
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00235367
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-151807
• 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 96-0006-2604, 1996 Oct ; :1-18
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4911 - Electric services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5bb18baaf2c22225b1284c1f453f5ebaf9ebdc64e0c8b2c2be5a78a8f454243872929a39b82d91f94fd034bed21360805bc92b49d7b5e33fc6941bab089ecd6c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171157/cdc_171157_DS1.pdf
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