Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-472-1380: Pennsylvania Power and Light, Martins Creek Steam Electric Station; Martins Creek, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Lewis, Frank A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal air samples were analyzed for respirable coal dust and free silica (14808607) at the Martins Creek Steam Electric Station, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (SIC-4911), Martins Creek, Pennsylvania in January 1982. The evaluation was requested by Local 1600 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in order to determine whether the presence of coal dust presented a health or explosion hazard. Twelve medical interviews were conducted. Respirable coal dust concentrations ranged from 0.3 to 1.8 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) and respirable quartz concentrations ranged from less than 0.04 to 0.05mg/m3. The respective OSHA standards are 2.4 and 2.1mg/m3. Interviews revealed no unusual or significant medical problem. No electrostatic precipitator cleanout or asbestos (1332214) removal activity was observed at the facility. Recommendations include establishing and maintaining the highest order of housekeeping to prevent accumulation of combustible dusts, removal of dust by vacuum cleaning and continuous suction, use of dust tight electrical equipment, and proper grounding of all electrical equipment to prevent buildup of static electricity.
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Coal Dust Electricity Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Coal-dust Coal Dust Electric-power-generation Electric Service Explosivity Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-81-472-1380 Industrial-ventilation NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Respirable-dust Respirable Dust Respirable Quartz

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA814721380
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00149669
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-178556
• 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 81-472-1380, 1983 Oct ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Editor(s):
  Tomassini, Mary
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4911 - Electric services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4e6d46e1d7defe6abedf3cc4fad0e44fd303af6a24f40f688d8011aec878532d6ad4ad417aaf7528ecc287b9f8b9fd3ec5b89a50d676dba2d35ef458c18d6b34
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172688/cdc_172688_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.51 MB ]