Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-176-968: Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Basin F.; Commerce City, Colorado

Details

• Personal Author:
  Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Health precautions utilized while investigating wildlife loss were evaluated at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Basin-F (SIC-0971), in Commerce City, Colorado, on July 10, 1981. The evaluation was requested by employees after an unspecified number of workers reported adverse health reactions upon picking up sick or dead ducks. Previous analysis of the pond water indicated contamination by diisopropyl-methyl-phosphonate (1445756), endrin (72208), aldrin (309002), dieldrin (60571), dicyclopentadiene (77736), bicycloheptadiene, diethyl-benzene (25340174), dimethyl-disulfide (624920), methyl-acetate (79209), methyl-isobutyl-ketone (108101), toluene (108883), sodium (7440235), chloride (7782505), arsenic (7440382), potassium (7440097), fluoride (7782414), copper (7440508), and chromium (7440473). The authors conclude that a health hazard exists for wildlife personnel monitoring Basin-F from exposure to dicyclopentadiene. They recommend the elimination of jobs requiring contact with the pond if practical performing the job in the morning, use of personal protective equipment, and the use of organic cartridge respirators.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81176968
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00119704
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-161257
• 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 81-176-968, 1981 October ; 1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Diisopropyl methylphosphonate (CAS RN 1445-75-6) ; Endrin (CAS RN 72-20-8) ; Aldrin (CAS RN 309-00-2) ; Dieldrin (CAS RN 60-57-1) ; Dicyclopentadiene (CAS RN 77-73-6) ; Diethylbenzene (CAS RN 25340-17-4) ; Dimethyl disulfide (CAS RN 624-92-0) ; Methyl acetate (CAS RN 79-20-9) ; Methyl isobutyl ketone (CAS RN 108-10-1) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Sodium (CAS RN Sodium (CAS RN 7440-23-5)) ; Chlorine (CAS RN 7782-50-5) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Potassium (CAS RN 7440-09-7) ; Fluorine (CAS RN 7782-41-4) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3)
• Editor(s):
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  0971 - Hunting, trapping, game propagation - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d29fb3131ba7d90a26f8e9ffda77c72030473cf51b71649a8f2b9cc30d16202b4fe4d53acebf330d0166062792b63c953230bea8ab25e6be191d26eae0f4ecb7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173256/cdc_173256_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.85 MB ]