Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-195-1200: U.S. Secret Service; Washington, D.C.

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• Personal Author:
  Lee, Stephen A. ; Lee, Stephen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The possible health hazards to United States Secret Service officers of exposure to airborne lead (7439921) during the use of an indoor firing range (SIC-922), Washington, D.C., and Beltsville, Maryland were investigated. The Safety Division of the Department of Treasury requested the study which was performed on May 5, 1982. Four shooters at the Beltsville Range were exposed to an 8-hour average (TWA) lead concentration of 38 micrograms per cubic meter (microg/m3). During a 25-minute period they were exposed to a mean concentration of 720microg/m3. Two shooters at the Washington range were exposed to concentrations of lead ranging from nondetectable to 18microg/m3. One shooter was exposed to a copper TWA of 33.6microg/m3. The author concludes that a potential hazard from overexposure to lead did exist. However, the officers would rarely shoot on a daily basis, and ventilation design appeared adequate for normal use. Recommendations for limiting the use of lead bullets and improving ventilation are provided.
• Subjects:
  Copper Dust Environmental Monitoring Lead Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Dust-exposure Hazards-Confirmed HETA-82-195-1200 Indoor Firing Range Inorganic Lead Law Enforcement Lead-fumes Munitions-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Pistol Range Public Order And Safety

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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/NIOSHHETA821951200
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  13 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00129630
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-145460
• 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 82-195-1200, 1982 Oct ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Lovell, Patricia ; Lovell, Patricia
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  922 - Public Order and Safety - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:91f99314ad9db6466a9238ca38af8c2011e63be9d7657b4f211eb9b36af05dbe6cd3b0b936700302ca2f1b09d7e6bcd6d4a71d0d49d8babf297404766eee8104
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172980/cdc_172980_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.97 MB ]