Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-93-0511-2391: State of Rhode Island, Department of Employment and Training; Providence, Rhode Island

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• Personal Author:
  Kaiser, Edward A. ; Sylvain, David C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the management of the Rhode Island Department of Employment and Training (DET) (SIC-9441), Providence, Rhode Island, an investigation was started into possible excessive exposures to lead (7439921) following abrasive blasting to remove lead-based paint from the interior surfaces of the facility prior to occupancy of the building. Environmental monitoring studies were conducted approximately 18 months after the lead abatement activity had been completed. No lead was detected in any of the twelve general area samples taken for airborne lead. Two bulk samples of residue abrasive blasting and paint chips material contained 3,300 and 120,000 micrograms of lead/gram of material. Forty wipe samples obtained from surfaces in the office ranged from 9 to 200,000 micrograms of lead/square foot. The authors conclude that a potential health hazard existed due to the presence of lead contaminated dust. The authors recommend that manual cleaning and vacuuming of these areas using a high efficiency particulate air filtering system be conducted.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Lead Lead Poisoning Metals, Heavy Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Abrasive Blasting Air-quality-monitoring Environmental-contamination Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals HETA-93-0511-2391 IAQ IEQ Indoor Environmental Quality Lead-poisoning Lead Abatement NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure Office-workers OSHA Region 1 State Governmental Facility

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9305112391
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Rhode Island ; 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:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00221743
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-128690
• 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 93-0511-2391, 1994 Feb ; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9441 - Administration of social & manpower programs - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:56bb59d0d7d934f24675b41b04face6cbeaed7a47645d23fe0206dfbce07fbe5d2ad68a51abdef90ec26ac46e7a275aabcef96056d604197c9cd6e8a6e312ff8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171347/cdc_171347_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 192.25 KB ]