Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-90-0329-2482: New York City Department of Sanitation; New York, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Hanley, Kevin W. ; Kinnes, Gregory M. ; Krake, Ann M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a joint request from the New York City Department of Sanitation and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, an investigation was begun into possible exposures to polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) at three waste incineration sites of the New York City Department of Sanitation (SIC-4953), New York City, New York. Six area air samples and five bulk fly ash samples were collected. Greater amounts of PCDDs/PCDFs were present on the fly ash particulates collected from the electrostatic precipitator (ESP). A total of eight personal breathing zone and nine area samples were collected for metals during cleanout operations. Levels approached or exceeded the established criteria for arsenic (7440382), cadmium (7440439), lead (7439921), and nickel (7440020). For respirable dust/silica (14808607), the highest sample concentration occurred during ESP cleanout. The NIOSH recommended exposure limit for respirable quartz of 0.05mg/m3 was exceeded in one sample. The authors conclude that a health hazard existed during cleanout operations. The authors recommend that measures be taken to reduce exposures, including providing more effective respiratory protection, instruction on confined space entry, medical surveillance programs, and the prohibition of tobacco smoking in exposure locations.
• Subjects:
  Dioxins Dust Environmental Monitoring Hydrocarbons Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Aluminum Arsenic Cadmium Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Chromium Cobalt Combustion-products Dust-exposure Fly-ash Fly Ash Hazard-Confirmed HETA-90-0329-2482 Lead Maintenance Cleaning Manganese Metals Municipal Incinerators Nickel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 2 Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans Refuse Systems Respirable Dust Silica Waste-disposal

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9003292482
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  52 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Aldous, Ken ; House, Stanley ; London, Matthew
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00225881
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-220182
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: 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 90-0329-2482, 1995 Jan ; :1-54
• CAS Registry Number:
  Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Editor(s):
  Marlow, Kate L.
• 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-512:3a93ef061494b0419a5fa0634eefbbd6057b9f3eb1ad07746dae7d41f173eecaa537dbba4739859a8b5fecbffe90ec82661836c6678d0170baa6b2e19fef66b3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171297/cdc_171297_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 336.99 KB ]