Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-92-0034-2356: Saint Bernard Police Department; Saint Bernard, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Cook, Calvin K. ; Klein, Matthew K. ; Tubbs, Randy L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from management at the Saint Bernard Police Department (SIC-9221), Saint Bernard, Ohio, an investigation was begun into exposures to lead (7439921) during hand gun firing exercises. The Department employed a staff of approximately 17 officers. Each month the firing range was used by four or five officers for 1 to 2 hours. The firing range occupied 2,500 square feet of the lower level of the building. The personal breathing zone (PBZ) measurements for lead exposure ranged from 36 to 48 micrograms of lead per cubic meter (microg/m3), based on the actual sampling time of 72 minutes. PBZ measurements for three officers ranged from 5 to 7microg/m3. All tests indicated the lead exposure levels were below the permissible limits. Thirteen general area air samples ranged from none detected to 845microg/m3. Peak sound pressure levels measured were as high as 160 decibels (dB), which did exceed the OSHA peak exposure criteria of 140dB. The authors conclude that there were no overexposures to airborne lead at the time of the evaluation. The authors recommend that personal hygiene practices be improved, that the firing range be properly maintained, and that hearing protection devices be maintained in good working order.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Ear Law Enforcement Metals Metals, Heavy Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Sense Organs

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• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Firing Range Hazard-Unconfirmed Heavy-metals HETA-92-0034-2356 Law-enforcement-workers Lead Metal-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise Noise-exposure Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Police Protection Ventilation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9200342356
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Echt, Alan S.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00217277
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-140126
• 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 92-0034-2356, 1993 Oct ; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Pfirman, Donna M.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9221 - Police protection - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:68222fa4d6b1f37c7fdd01ef371dbd24b7685a87c5a71a827026d47f5148c52c3d21808358c53b3c0017f2ed9fde193f9456fd145ae65d5465cfea953455d542
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171445/cdc_171445_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 214.53 KB ]