Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 91-0354-2532: South Dade Disposal Site, Goulds, Florida

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• Personal Author:
  Burkhart, Joseph E. ; Short, Steven R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, an investigation was begun into possible workplace exposures related to waste shredding operations at the South Dade Disposal Site (SIC-4953), Goulds, Florida. Employees had reported rashes, eye problems, and respiratory difficulty. Eight months after the initial request and visit, an additional request for a study was initiated. During this second investigation at the site, Hurricane Andrew destroyed much of the facility and the surrounding community, thus limiting the study. Personal breathing zone samples ranged from 0.33 to 22.1mg/m3 for total welding fume. Personal chromium (7440473) exposures ranged from 1 to 81microg/m3. In ten of 15 samples, nickel (7440020) was detected on both welders and support personnel. Personal exposure to nickel ranged up to 16microg/m3. One carbon-monoxide (630080) sample taken exceeded the suggested limits. In 11 of 18 samples, sulfur-dioxide (7446095) was detected on both welders and support personnel
  
  in 17 of 18 samples, nitrogen-dioxide (10102440) was detected. The authors conclude that welders had the greatest potential to be overexposed to total welding fume, chromium, and nickel. They noted also that the lack of engineering controls contributed greatly to these over exposures.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Chromium Dust Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Sulfur Compounds Sulfur Dioxide Welding
• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles Carbon Monoxide Chromium Chromium-compounds Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Hazard-Confirmed HETA-91-0354-2532 Nickel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitrogen Dioxide OSHA Region 4 Refuse Systems Solid Waste Spirometry Sulfur-compounds Sulfur Dioxide Toxic-gases Welding Welding-industry X-ray

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9103542532
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  41 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Buchta, Teresa M. ; Hayes, Eileen ; Jennison, Elizabeth A. ; Kinsley, Kathleen ; Pflock, Martin ; Piacitelli, Chris A. ; Taylor, Jim ; Vandestouwe, Kurt H. ; Viola, Betsy
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00230302
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB96-191879
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: 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 91-0354-2532, 1995 Sep ; :1-40
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4953 - Refuse systems - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:713234c4598c9d8ff3847867f664b00014a8c797b9483fce8afb7a6fef48986ac02e1595ff0a2d5e6d20badd2cb65d0cfca828cbd98f14ebd104408b5b2f0068
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171237/cdc_171237_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 323.55 KB ]