Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 81-019-846: Federal Reserve Bank: Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Lee, Stephen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal breathing zone and area samples were analyzed for lead (7439921) at the Federal Reserve Bank indoor firing range in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 10, 1980. The evaluation was requested by the management on behalf of approximately 25 affected security guards. Inorganic lead concentrations ranged from 3.4 to 12 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/cu m) while firing standard 148 grain ammunition. Exposures ranged in duration from 7 to 10 minutes. Corresponding 8 hour time weighted average (TWA) concentrations of lead in the shooters' breathing zones ranged from 0.05 to 0.25mg/cu m, with a mean of 0.16mg/cu m, compared with the OSHA 8 hour TWA exposure standard for inorganic lead of 0.05mg/cu m. Significant reductions in airborne lead occurred when 100 grain zinc ammunition was used during shooting practice. Ventilation in the shooting ranges was inadequate, with erratic and turbulent air flow at the firing line. Air velocities ranged from nondetectable to 200 feet per minute (fpm) compared to the NIOSH recommendations of a uniform air flow of 50 to 75fpm at the firing line. The author concludes that a hazard from lead exposure did exist at the firing range. He recommends that nonlead ammunition be used at the range and that the ventilation be modified to increase and more evenly distribute the air flow. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Lead Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Federal Reserve Banks Hazards-Confirmed HHE-81-019-846 Indoor Firing Range Indoor Target Ammunition Inorganic Lead Lead-fumes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Pistol Range

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE81019846
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Cincinnati (OH) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Griggs, David ; Williams, Beverly ; Maskulka, Cheryl
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115402
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-105205
• 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, HHE 81-019-846, 1981 Mar ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  6011 - Federal reserve banks - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0ca5be7b3a0841b035e1ce31b971a89be07e8cefd4c7c825580fe80a6766da2ace3dd8a395dddf9953280d30d3349ef23767c2f65291a72daee002db0f79da02
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173388/cdc_173388_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.30 MB ]