Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-92-095-2317: Ohio University; Athens, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Ashley, Kevin E. ; Sussell, Aaron L. ; Wall, David K. ; Weber, Angela M. ; Wild, Deanna K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from Ohio University Athens, Ohio, concerning worker exposures and cleaning effectiveness during a lead-based paint cleaning pilot program conducted by a lead abatement contractor (SIC-1799), three cleaning methods were evaluated. The pilot program involved testing the three methods in unoccupied buildings contaminated with deteriorated lead (7439921) based paint. A visit was made to the site to observe work practices, and conduct air, surface, and bulk sampling for lead. The three cleaning methods included dry scraping followed by broom sweeping, wet scraping followed by high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtered vacuuming, and wet scraping followed by HEPA vacuuming with a HEPA filtered air filtration device placed in the room to exhaust room air to the outside. Six workers cleaned 18 rooms in 1 day. Sampling for lead was conducted before, during and after cleaning. The authors conclude that workers were potentially overexposed to lead during the three methods. The wet HEPA method was the best for controlling lead exposures. Even using this method, lead exposures during cleaning reached 50 micrograms/cubic meter. The cleaning effectiveness of the three methods was not significantly different. The authors recommend that the contractor furnish workers with NIOSH approved HEPA filter respirators, protective clothing, a clean change area, handwashing facilities, and job specific hazard training.
• Subjects:
  Dust Lead Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Cleaning Methods Construction Industry Hazard-Confirmed HETA-92-095-2317 Lead Lead-based Paint Abatement Lead-dust Mechanical-cleaning NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Renovation Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere Classified Work-practices

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA920952317
• 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:
  26 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Blade, Leo M. ; Hart, Charles ; Kelly, John E. ; Thornsberry, Debbie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00215348
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-234458
• 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 92-095-2317, 1993 May ; :1-40
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Marlow, Kate L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1799 - Special trade contractors, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:026e60afc8f7f36ff2b08185b85ab73e5054f16d45d376c820062fd4e4baa81fae2b6882e8029afc65d8f20496d7d88d2f9732b8b7d747c4f6afeca52d6174c1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171490/cdc_171490_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 218.36 KB ]