Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-276-1100: Fire Department; Camden, South Carolina

Details

• Personal Author:
  Cone, James E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Possible health problems resulting from occupational exposure among firefighters in the Camden, South Carolina fire department (SIC- 9224). The study was requested by the International Association of Fire Fighters and was performed in April 1981. The chemical sample obtained during the fire was analyzed. Interviews were conducted with the three exposed firefighters on symptoms, occupational history, and use of protective equipment, and medical records were obtained. The major component of the chemical sample at a fire site was polyacrylonitrile (25014419). Symptoms reported by two of three exposed firefighters included sinus arrhythmia in an electrocardiogram (EKG), chest tightness, cough, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, nasal irritation, and dull headache. The author concludes that symptoms and EKG abnormalities are consistent with possible effects of pyrolysis products of polyacrylonitrile, including hydrogen-cyanide (74908) as a result of the fire, and makes recommendations to help prevent these conditions.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA812761100
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  South Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  9 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Bolyard, Michele
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127118
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-199141
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 81-276-1100, 1982 April ; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Polyacrylonitrile (CAS RN 25014-41-9) ; Hydrogen cyanide, liquefied (CAS RN 74-90-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9224 - Fire protection - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fc7367f2f4bb6baff7ece23431a83ec4130960a2f5042e99e47be6d6562fde9d3167c67b525b28fac5af57950de86f107b28a39380c94c8961cff52fa249dd93
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173147/cdc_173147_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.76 MB ]