Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-93-0696-2395: Hardy Road Landfill; Akron, Ohio

Details

• Personal Author:
  Esswein, Eric J. ; Tubbs, Randy L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from management at the City of Akron and the Akron City Employees Local 1360, a study was made regarding potential exposures of employees to toxic dusts from empty containers and packaging materials landfilled at the Hardy Road Landfill (SIC-4953). The Landfill was a 215-acre waste disposal site in the northwest portion of Akron, Ohio. The landfill accepts wood, paper, plastic and metal from businesses and residences
  
  industrial solid waste byproducts such as foundry sand, rubber scrap, and non-useable materials
  
  exempt solid wastes such as construction debris and incinerator ash waste from an energy recycle station. Three heavy equipment operators, three mechanics, and a laborer participated in a 2-day monitoring period of personal air and noise dosimetry measurements. These workers were exposed to noise in excess of the OSHA standard of 90 decibels-A. Hearing protective devices were used. Full shift air sampling for asbestos (1332214), respirable dust, respirable silica (14808607), and metals indicated that three equipment operators were exposed to excess levels of respirable silica. Half mask respirators were available for use at the discretion of the employees. The authors conclude that a health hazard existed due to exposure to respirable silica. Workers were also exposed to noise. The authors recommend that comprehensive hearing conservation and respiratory protection programs be instituted.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Monitoring Industrial Waste Occupational Health Safety Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-monitoring Hazard-Confirmed HETA-93-0696-2395 Industrial-wastes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Waste-disposal-systems
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9306962395
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  18 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00219660
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-183472
• 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 93-0696-2395, 1994 Mar ; :1-23
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Editor(s):
  Marlow, Kate L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• 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-512:74a8d06c0be880dc949edbd2a4fba4e5ea2181692610dedb2ba52e68d324f2ed949fd777736c19b3370756323ca550dfaf0ee360f1a1756c457a67b48b4c9c74
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171394/cdc_171394_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 271.79 KB ]