Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-87-376-2018: U.S. Department of Justice; United States Marshals Service, Washington, D.C.

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• Personal Author:
  Klein, Matthew K. ; Reh, Christopher M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the United States Marshals Service (SIC-9221) in Washington, D.C. for assistance in testing the effect of renovations to the ventilation system of their indoor firing range, lead (7439921) exposures were measured during handgun qualifying sessions. Each qualifying session of firing consisted of 60 rounds fired in 10 to 12 minutes. Personal breathing zone air samples were taken from three shooters and the range officer. Lead exposure concentrations measured were 2073, 1786, 172, and 142 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air (microg/m3). Eight-hour time weighted average concentrations were calculated to be 194, 167, 101, and 13microg/m3, respectively. The three shooters were therefore overexposed to lead. Bulk sampling of the sand from the bullet trap indicated it to be contaminated, containing 41% lead by weight. The authors concluded that a health hazard existed from exposure to lead. The authors recommended changes to improve the ventilation system. Following modification of the system, tests were again conducted and 11 of the 12 samples taken were below the limits of detection for the method used. The authors conclude that after modification, a hazard did not exist during qualifying sessions. The authors recommend specific measures to protect personnel from exposure to lead.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Law Enforcement Lead Lead Poisoning Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Engineering Controls Hazard-Confirmed Heavy-metals HETA-87-376-2018 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Firing Ranges Inorganic Lead Law-enforcement-workers Lead-poisoning NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Policemen Police Protection Ventilation System Design

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA873762018
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  25 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Sandy, Irving
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00194427
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-107797
• 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 87-376-2018, 1990 Mar ; :1-23
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Jenkins, Sharon
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• 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:d024bb7141e0c8f58fa4bf788f9e53b01713d0e3f52c965c4ec409e546e918d7cfba7e05ddc1afca8ca7dd25962a64b4de2ecf0adffbec2b343f9f0390d1ff0f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171767/cdc_171767_DS1.pdf
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