Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-086-1126: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; Montoursville, Pennsylvania

Details

• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Asbestos (1332214) exposures at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District Office (SIC-9621) in Montoursville, Pennsylvania were investigated. The survey was requested by AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Council 13, and was performed on February 2, 1982. Sampling for asbestos was conducted in areas which had a false ceiling or where the ceiling was sealed with three coats of paint. Bulk samples of settled dust, ceiling tile, and insulation were also examined for asbestos content. Area air samples were below the analytical limit of detection of 0.01 fibers per cubic centimeter of air and thus well below OSHA standards of 2 fibers per cubic centimeter of air. Of the settled dust samples, only one contained asbestos (less than 1 percent). Two of five ceiling tile insulations contained asbestos (1 to 2 and 10 to 20 percent, respectively). The author concludes that there is no health hazard due to asbestos exposure during normal working operations
  
  however, there could be exposures to asbestos during housekeeping and maintenance operations. Recommendations are to perform all cleaning and dusting operations using vacuum or wet methods for these operations.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA820861126
• 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:00127109
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-139831
• 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 82-086-1126, 1982 June ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Editor(s):
  Tomassini, Mary
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9621 - Regulation and administration of transportation - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:77b9619ded2e57ff4daac4d5fce22a61db1e2e2cc32f0a4d74ba7a90507ba4c27fc3901ee3e031e078bdb67251948854c52bb58319583ea88674665e6c88154a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173151/cdc_173151_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 847.79 KB ]