Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-83-341-1557: Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior; Denver, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson, Kern E. ; Moseley, Clifford L. ; Anderson, Kern E. ; Moseley, Clifford L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Breathing zone samples were analyzed for the pesticides 2,4-D (94757), Banvel (1918009), Buctril (1689845), and Roundup (38641940) at field stations of the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) (SIC-9511), US Department of the Interior at Fresno, Tracy, and Red Bluff, California and Bismarck, North Dakota in August 1983 and June 1984. The survey was requested by the Bureau to evaluate its pesticide application program. Work practices were observed during mixing, spraying, and cleanup operations. Pesticide concentrations in micrograms per cubic meter (microg/m3) were: 2,4-D, 1.8 to 2.6
  
  Banvel, 1.2 to 1.4
  
  Buctril, less than 2
  
  and Roundup, less than 28. Only 2,4-D has a published standard, 10,000microg/m3 (OSHA). Observation of work practices indicated that Bureau employees had a good understanding of the hazards associated with pesticides. The authors note that the low concentrations of active ingredients (on the order of 0.5 to 3 percent) in the pesticide formulations contributed to the low airborne concentrations measured. They conclude that in the event of an accident or spraying under windy conditions, Bureau employees would have a slight increased risk of exposure. Recommendations include employee education, using protective clothing during mixing, and implementing programs of exposure recordkeeping.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Herbicides Insecticides Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air And Water Resource And Solid Waste Management Cholinesterase Determination Environmental-control Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-83-341-1557 Medical Surveillance NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organophosphates OSHA Region 8 Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Protective-measures Record Keeping Safety-practices

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)   ; Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)  
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA) ; Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA833411557
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; North Dakota ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  24 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00150613
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-105350
• 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 83-341-1557, 1985 Jan ; :1-22
• CAS Registry Number:
  2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (CAS RN 94-75-7) ; Dicamba (CAS RN 1918-00-9) ; Bromoxynil (CAS RN 1689-84-5) ; Roundup (CAS RN 38641-94-0) ; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (CAS RN 94-75-7) ; Dicamba (CAS RN 1918-00-9) ; Bromoxynil (CAS RN 1689-84-5) ; Roundup (CAS RN 38641-94-0)
• Editor(s):
  Jenkins, Sharon ; Jenkins, Sharon
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9511 - Air, water, & solid waste management - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6fba9f13283276d08c0c1b1d1031fe4d088e7d69b2cc6c88220c3caaa9216f24a4eaf36ca64eb3cba79ea53812bed71bc3183a63b1ca7595c2003f3a4a6fca37
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172655/cdc_172655_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.76 MB ]