Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-92-226-2269: Empire Distributors, Inc.; Atlanta, Georgia

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• Personal Author:
  Kiefer, Max
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, worker exposure to diesel exhaust at the Empire Distributors, Inc. (SIC-4215) warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia was investigated. Empire Distributors was a wholesale beverage distributor, employing about 40 warehouse workers and 33 truck drivers. All 32 delivery trucks were being replaced with newer models which emitted much less visible emissions than did the older models. The employees were experiencing transient eye and throat irritation. Environmental sampling was conducted to determine employee exposure to elemental carbon as an index of diesel emission concentrations. The highest elemental carbon concentrations detected were for the drivers of trucks and from the check-out operator. Carbon-monoxide (630080) levels were well below established exposure criteria. Particle concentrations during the morning truck start up activities were five times higher than concentrations during the night shift. The author concludes that there was a potential for elevated levels of nitrogen-dioxide (10102440) during the morning start up activities, especially during winter months. The author recommends that efforts be made to reduce exposure to diesel emissions.
• Subjects:
  Fuel Oils Headache Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Smoke Tobacco Products Vehicle Emissions
• Keywords:
  Carbon Monoxide Diesel-emissions Diesel Exhaust Exposures Elemental Carbon Exhaust-gases Eye And Throat Irritation Fuels Hazard-Confirmed Headache HETA-92-226-2269 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitrogen Dioxide Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 4 Particulates Tobacco-smoke Truck-drivers Trucking And Courier Services, Except By Air

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA922262269
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Decker, John A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00213729
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-215085
• 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 92-226-2269, 1992 Nov ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4215 - Courier services, except by air - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce8b93e56b14c58bbeb6eab955e494651e3e7fba8dfb9e8ed3704c48cb65621e864227ee93098e3aab035fcfa9afa2f31eda5bca021075cd960bfc2495e8c4db
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171505/cdc_171505_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 272.42 KB ]