Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-062-1211: Hatfield's Ferry Power Station; Masontown, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Parkinson, David K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air samples were evaluated for coal dust, fly ash dust, sulfur-dioxide (7446095), benzene (71432) solubles, and asbestos (1332214) at the Hatfield's Ferry Power Station (SIC- 4911) Masontown, Pennsylvania, on December 11, 1980, February 26 and 27, 1981, and September 26, 1981. The evaluation was requested by a representative of the Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 102, on behalf of 117 workers. Medical evaluation of 71 workers included: an occupational history and respiratory symptom questionnaire, chest examination, and blood pressure measurement. NIOSH standards for total dust (coal) and respirable coal dust are 3.9 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) and 2.0mg/m3, respectively. The ranges for the air samples were 0.4 to 4.5 4.5mg/m3 for total dust and 0.06 to 2.6mg/m3 for respirable coal dust. Air samples for fly ash dust ranged from 0.4 to 56mg/m3, with a NIOSH standard of 10mg/m3. Sulfur-dioxide, sulfates, and asbestos samples were well below NIOSH criteria. The authors conclude that there are potential overexposures to coal dust and fly ash dust. They recommend wet or vacuum cleanup methods and the mandatory use of respirators in dusty environments. Preplacement, periodic medical examinations and air monitoring for coal dust and fly ash are recommended.
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Asthma Asthma, Occupational Coal Tar Dust Electricity Inorganic Chemicals Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sulfur Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Asbestos Asthma Benzene Solubles Breathing Bronchitis Coal Dust Electric-power-generation Electric Services Employee-exposure Fly Ash Hazards-Confirmed HETA-81-62-1211 Lung-irritants NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Pulmonary-disorders Quartz Respiratory-irritants Respiratory Disorders Sulfur Dioxide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81621211
• 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:
  24 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127797
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172774
• 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 81-62-1211, 1982 Oct ; :1-22
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Editor(s):
  Tomassini, Mary ; Nordman, Cheri
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• 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-512:8b4b9200c1674c166d3e46699cb6695bc190688d30bdcc6e760bbd389194964ce17930614be37e32ef099d4d4de47a7de1bcaabf0c05e47579230e6bda2767ad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173034/cdc_173034_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 3.23 MB ]