Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-044-1441: Rhinehart Tire Farm; Winchester, Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Hills, Bruce W. ; Lee, Stephen A. ; Moseley, Clifford L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An evaluation of site safety and exposure to potentially hazardous substances at a fire at Rhinehart Tire Farm (SIC-9999) in Winchester, Virginia, was conducted in November 1983. The evaluation request was made by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Area and personal samples were collected in the smoke plume and tire residues and analyzed for carbon-monoxide (630080), polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals, aromatic organic solvents, and nitrosamines. Carbon-monoxide concentrations were 50 to 100 parts per million (ppm). The OSHA standard for carbon- monoxide is 50ppm. Total PAH exposures were 58 to 6802 nanograms per cubic meter. The OSHA standard for PAHs is 200 micrograms per cubic meter (microg/m3). All metal concentrations were below 2microg/m3 except lead (7439921), zinc (7440666), and iron (7439896) which were 11, 122, and 14microg/m3, respectively. Lead, iron, zinc, and other metal concentrations were below the relevant Federal standards. No nitrosamines were found in smoke or residue samples. Organic compounds found in the residues included benzene (71432), concentrations ranging up to 0.6microg/m3, and PAHs. The NIOSH standard for benzene is considered the lowest feasible concentration. The authors conclude that there is no acute health hazard from airborne contaminants during containment and clean-up operations at the tire farm. Recommendations include prevention of dermal contact with the residue and continued air monitoring of the site.
• Subjects:
  Hydrocarbons Metals Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Petroleum Rubber Safety
• Keywords:
  Carbon Monoxide Combustion-products Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-84-044-1441 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Non Classifiable Establishments OSHA Region 3 PAHs Personal-protective-equipment Petroleum-products Petroleum Combustion Products Polynuclear-aromatic-hydrocarbons Rubber-manufacturing-industry

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA840441441
• 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:
  20 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00142421
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-185155
• 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 84-044-1441, 1984 Mar ; :1-19
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Editor(s):
  Grass, Jacqueline G.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9999 - Nonclassifiable establishments - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c52b515211902f2906d5038771ade069bf4f18a4fcc36e5dc5c7ccef2dd37294bdd077580b9f8150869b588446769953db6d720bb42bc94e535b228116b960f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172780/cdc_172780_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.33 MB ]