Evaluation of Ventilation and Employee Exposures to Lead at an Indoor Firing Range

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• Personal Author:
  Methner, Mark M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The Health Hazard Evaluation Program received a request from an employer representative at an indoor firing range. The request concerned potential employee exposure to lead during routine tasks and range cleaning activities. Other concerns included the performance of the ventilation system and whether lead was migrating from the range to other areas of the building. We conducted a walk-through survey of the range to speak with employees and observe their work practices and personal protective equipment use. We collected full-shift personal and area air samples for lead, and reviewed the company's health and safety policy documents. We also collected employee hand wipe samples for lead before and after weekly range cleaning, and at the end of the work shift. No employees were overexposed to airborne lead. However, we did find lead on surfaces and employees' hands. The ventilation system performance met NIOSH guidelines. The company adhered to the OSHA lead standard and the type and availability of personal protective equipment was appropriate for the work performed by employees. We recommended increasing the use of a lead removal solution for surface and floor cleaning and lead removal hand wipes to reduce the possible spread of lead contamination. We also recommended using a lead-certified laundry service or providing a dedicated onsite, washer and dryer to clean employee uniforms and to help prevent take-home exposures.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Lead Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Ventilation Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Administrative Controls Air Sampling All Other Amusement And Recreation Industries Building Ventilation Cleaning Compounds Decontamination Employee Exposure Environmental Contamination Environmental Control Environmental Exposure Exposure Exposure Assessment Firearms Firing Range Floors Hand Washing Hand Wipes IEQ Indoor Environmental Quality Indoor Firing Ranges Laundering Lead Dust Lead Fumes Materials Handling Ohio OSHA Region 5 Personal Protective Equipment Safety Education Safety Measures Sampling Surface Contamination Take-home Toxins Ventilation Systems Work Environment Working Surfaces Work Operations Work Practices

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• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 2016-0079-3289, 2017 Sep ; :1-23
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE201600793289
• 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:
  30 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Booher, Donald E. ; Galloway, Ellen ; Moore, Kevin ; Watts, Shawna
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050404
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2018-100064
• Citation:
  NIOSH [2017]. Evaluation of ventilation and employee exposures to lead at an ; indoor firing range. By Methner MM. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and ; Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for ; Occupational Safety and Health, Health Hazard Evaluation Report 2016-0079-3289,
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  713990 - All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries - (NAICS)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3d5575ea35dc88f03b4b9bafefbd5e3b5a004b6aa7ab051e2babbf8cc20e48deae15b668ead41e890acccf5b07066b1f8dfe31a05e111e0bbd50c49d873db1e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172380/cdc_172380_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.57 MB ]