Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-86-422-1891: City of Ames Municipal Power Plant; Ames, Iowa

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• Personal Author:
  Ahrenholz, Steven H.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the management of the Municipal Power Facility (SIC-4931), Ames, Iowa and the International Union of Electrical Workers Local 234, an evaluation was made of possible health hazards at this work site. Concerns were specifically expressed about the handling and burning of refuse derived fuel (RDF), asbestos (1332214) insulation, coal dust, fly ash, hot working environments, polychlorinated-biphenyl (1336363) (PCB) present in grounding transformers, and on-site chemical usage and storage. RDF was composed primarily of the shredded combustible part of municipal solid waste. A survey of the facility indicated that potential hazards did exist from noise, heat, asbestos, coal dust, and crystalline silica (14808607). The only documented case of over exposure was to coal dust in the coal yard. Metal exposure was very low or non-detectable. The author concludes that hazards existed due to heat levels, noise, potential asbestos exposure, and elevated coal dust and silica exposures. The author recommends work schedule modifications to reduce heat stress, improved storage methods for chemicals, improvements in the respiratory protection program, a hearing conservation program, monitoring workers for trace metal exposures, asbestos cleanup or monitoring, employee education regarding possible hazards, and medical surveillance.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Asbestos Dust Ear Fuel Oils Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Particulate Matter Power Plants Safety Sense Organs Silicon Dioxide Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Asbestos Coal Dust Coal Fired Power Plant Dust-control Dust-exposure Electric And Other Services Combined Electric Power Generation Fly Ash Fuels Hazard-Confirmed Heat Stress HETA-86-422-1891 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise OSHA Region 7 Power-generation Refuse Refuse Derived Fuel Refuse Systems Silica Trace Metals Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA864221891
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  42 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Boiano, James M. ; Tubbs, Randy L. ; Millson, Mark ; Hawkins, Marilyn ; Jenkins, Sharon
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00181807
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-106561
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 86-422-1891, 1988 May ; :1-55
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Polychlorinated biphenyl(s)-PCB(s) (CAS RN 1336-36-3) ; Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4931 - Electric and other services combined - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:492652ef1b4abca10b382e0ae36ef60f0a304df8c93c929de8277168ecfa6e7eac5d79b036cee8d9ab4854743afdeb5f1fafc78c59ac065163eeb296104a7879
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171905/cdc_171905_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 617.06 KB ]