Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96–0071–2584: Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge K–25 Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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• Personal Author:
  Blade, Leo M. ; Worthington, Karen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. employees who work at the US Department of Energy Oak Ridge K-25 Site (SIC-9611), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, an investigation was begun into possible exposure to cyanides. The site employed about 4,000 persons. Employees at the K-25 site reported headaches, fatigue, depression, muscle aches, sleeplessness, and muscle tremors. Twenty-two employees were interviewed. Air samples were collected and analyzed for cyanides. The results indicated that the employees are not occupationally exposed to hydrogen-cyanide (74908), to cyanide salts or to a wide variety of other compounds that contain the cyanide ion. The authors conclude that no relationship was found between the health problems reported by the workers and any chronic, occupational cyanide intoxication. The authors recommend that risk communication efforts be improved, that Lockheed procedures to investigate this issue be evaluated and that possible nonoccupational sources for cyanide exposure be considered.
• Subjects:
  Cyanides Nuclear Power Plants Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Administration Of Governmental General Economic Programs - Energy Development And Conservation [non-operating] Chronic Low-level Cyanide Intoxication Cyanide-compounds Cyanides Former Nuclear-weapons-materials Production Facility Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-96-0071-2584 Hydrogen Cyanide NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nuclear-energy Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 4 Thiocyanate In Urine

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9600712584
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  20 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Blythe, Ellen E. ; Barsan, Michael E. ; Hanley, Kevin W. ; Hurrell, Joseph P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00234318
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-136931
• 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 96-0071-2584, 1996 Jul ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hydrogen cyanide, liquefied (CAS RN 74-90-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9611 - Admin. of general economic programs - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:149da302d63c0bb68e2ef4d7a3a94898a4d95cc08a5dedfd8b2ea1710ab30a595765951a9dfbf91ca90533d77241f0fdc9a8001c083effc0b94b2e5f04cf7729
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171178/cdc_171178_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 256.75 KB ]