Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-87-410-1868: Klotz Brothers, Incorporated; Staunton, Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Hills, Bruce W. ; Savery, Henry W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, an evaluation was made of possible lead (7439921) exposure at Klotz Brothers, Incorporated (SIC-5093), Staunton, Virginia. This was a scrap metal and hide tanning facility. During an on/site visit, personal exposures to airborne lead were determined to be below the limit of detection of 2.0 micrograms per cubic meter (microg/m3) of air. Area samples indicated exposure levels below 2.0microg/m3. Five surface wipe samples taken contained detectable levels of lead. Soil samples had been found to contain lead concentrations ranging from 101 to 39,600 parts per million (ppm). Analysis of blood samples from the six workers indicated lead concentrations ranging from 4 to 33 micrograms per deciliter (microg/dl) of blood. Zinc protoporphyrin levels ranged from 15 to 78microg/dl. The authors conclude that workers were not exposed to high concentrations of lead at the time of the survey, although there is a potential for exposure from contaminated soil and dust. The authors recommend that contaminated soil in the courtyard be removed to a hazardous waste site. In the meantime, measures should be taken to control dust. No eating or drinking should be allowed in the warehouse or courtyard.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Pollution Lead Lead Poisoning Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Battery Environmental-contamination Hazard-Unconfirmed Heavy-metals HETA-87-410-1868 Junk Yard Lead Lead-compounds Lead-poisoning NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Scrap Metal Soil Waste-disposal

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA874101868
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Virginia ; 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:
  9 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Conway, Kathy
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00179853
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-221981
• 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 87-410-1868, 1988 Feb ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5093 - Scrap and waste materials - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cfcc4d6bfdfc804f6c53968527c5953499105ff03cdb37386a954a47c12d6e0f695f486ed6b1ca6ca6af9026cd8e969719794c71fbfc8860add4b392930894fb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171942/cdc_171942_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 159.65 KB ]