Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-261-2245: Metropolitan Sewer District, Mill Creek Facility; Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Burton, Nancy C. ; Esswein, Eric J. ; Marlow, David A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a confidential request from an employee, a health hazard evaluation was conducted at the Metropolitan Sewer District, Mill Creek Facility (SIC-4952) in Cincinnati, Ohio. Concern had been expressed regarding exposure to sulfur-dioxide (7446095), nitrogen oxides, inorganic acids, metals, dioxins, furans, and bacteria in the sludge dewatering and incineration buildings. There were approximately 60 employees on three shifts with the potential for exposure in the sewer sludge dewatering and incineration buildings. Personal breathing zone and area air samples were taken along with surface wipe and bulk materials samples. Contaminant concentrations did not exceed current environmental evaluation criteria for the substances investigated. Health complaints were not reported by employees at the time of the site visits. The authors conclude that concentrations of cadmium (7440439), chromium (7440473), lead (7439921), nickel (7440020), and quartz (14808607) in dewatered sludge and surface dusts represented potential ingestion and inhalation hazards. The authors recommend measures to prevent contact with contaminated materials.
• Subjects:
  Dust Hazardous Substances Metals Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Combustion-products Dust-exposure Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-91-261-2245 Metal-dusts Metals Multiple Hearth Incinerators NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 PCDDs PCDFs Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans Quartz Respirable Silica Sewage-treatment Sewerage Systems Toxic-gases Volatile Organic Compounds

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA912612245
• 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:
  33 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Grote, Ardith A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00210237
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-118677
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 91-261-2245, 1992 Aug ; :1-33
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Editor(s):
  Humphries, Donna M.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4952 - Sewerage systems - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7df1664c8cc8c33f3f4988b62869d22833b366a11a25de9c1fdf64fdd7e8355c66661c764464d68512b18f97ec79e1a0658de7e0abdbb0e529671d1629553179
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171532/cdc_171532_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 272.57 KB ]