Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-166-1540: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Lackawanna Refuse Site, Old Forge, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Costello, Richard J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an investigation was made at the Lackawanna Refuse Site (SIC- 1794), Old Forge, Pennsylvania, of possible employee exposure to industrial and hazardous waste disposed of at this site. On site analyses were performed on debris, and 12 personal air samples and 82 fixed location samples were taken. During the study the air speed was generally less than 6 miles per hour and the temperature averaged 19.3 degrees-C. Only one sample contained a detectable level of organic vapor, toluene (108883) at 9.5 micrograms/cubic meter (microg/m3). Aluminum (7429905), calcium (7440702), iron (7439896), magnesium (7439954), sodium (7440235), phosphorus (7723140), and zinc (7440666) were detected in 17 area and two personal samples. Chloride and sulfate anions were detected at geometric mean concentrations of 10.5 and 16.5microg/m3 in ten samples. Phenols, cresols, and xylenols were not detected. Less than 40 percent of the airborne dust particles were respirable. As no airborne contaminant was noted in concentration of significance, the author concludes that this hazard does not exist at this site. However, heat stress induced by protective clothing was not controlled in accordance with federal regulations and was deemed to be a health threat to workers. The author recommends measures to be taken to prevent heat stress.
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Air Sampling Hazard-Unconfirmed Hazardous-materials Hazardous Waste Sites Heat-exhaustion Heat-exposure Heat Stress HETA-84-166-1540 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-compounds OSHA Region 3 Personal Protective Equipment Waste-disposal-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA841661540
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; 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:
  31 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Geraci, Charles ; Eller, Peter ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Burroughs, Edward ; King, Mike ; Collins, James
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00178075
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-203690
• 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 84-166-1540, 1984 Dec ; :1-29
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Aluminum (CAS RN 7429-90-5) ; Calcium (CAS RN 7440-70-2) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Magnesium (CAS RN 7439-95-4) ; Sodium (CAS RN 7440-23-5) ; Phosphorus (CAS RN 7723-14-0) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1794 - Excavation work - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dec907c29431ab17560066fb48914d133cb2d6301e5fb2645652b7b1d00f09ac57317cbcdc2b44428f2448cd0fab7dc3305fa252380cb3f1c881bc18c21e1638
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172028/cdc_172028_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.47 MB ]