Technical Assistance Report No. TA-79-027-979: U.S. Border Crossing Stations: El Paso, Texas

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• Personal Author:
  Markel, Harry L. Jr. ; Ruhe, Raymond L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to airborne contaminants and noise were surveyed on August 25 and 26, 1979 at the United States Border Crossing Stations (SIC-4784) in El Paso, Texas. The evaluation was requested by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, on behalf of an unspecified number of inspectors. Noise levels and airborne contaminant concentrations were measured. Preshift and postshift carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) values also were determined. Concentrations of carbon-monoxide (630080) (CO) sometimes equaled the OSHA standard of 50 parts per million (ppm). Concentrations of lead (7439921), ozone (10028156), benzene (71432), sulfuric-acid (7664939), particulates, sulfur- dioxide (7446095), and nitrogen-dioxide (10102440) were below respective OSHA standards of 0.05 milligram per cubic meter (mg/cum), 0.1ppm, 32mg/cum ceiling concentration, 10mg/cum, 10mg/cum, 5ppm, and 5ppm ceiling concentration. Noise levels were below the OSHA standard of 90 decibels relative to the A-weighted scale. COHb values increased during the work shift. The authors conclude that a CO hazard exists at these stations. Recommendations are included for maintenance of heating and air conditioning equipment, increasing the distance between vehicles awaiting inspection and the inspection booth, and job rotation periods of 30 minutes.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Texas ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:00119720
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-161216
• 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, TA 79-027-979, 1981 October ; 1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2) ; Sulfuric acid (CAS RN 7664-93-9) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0)
• Editor(s):
  Bishop, Judy
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4784 - Fixed Facilities For Vehicles, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:729c4bff4798cb05e5549ac80c25299e0b8ae20225241d795e3b6ddf5bab0a6849e898edf53fca166fea41637bad5d0a1d6ac680d99bc2f8080d53a680334bdf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173249/cdc_173249_DS1.pdf
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