Health Hazard Evaluation Report HE 80-233-793: Davis Bessie Nuclear Power Station, Toledo Edison Company, United Engineers & Contractors Company (UE&C): Oak Harbor, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Cone, James E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal air samples were analyzed and employees were given medical evaluations at Davis Bessie Nuclear Power Station (SIC-4911) in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Requests for evaluation were made by a union representative of the United Engineers and Contractors and a union representative of employees of Toledo Edison Company, working on site at the power station, to evaluate employee skin and scalp problems due to exposure to ceramic wood fibers. Preliminary surveys were conducted on September 24 and 25, 1980 and a follow up survey was performed on October 16, 1980. Environmental evaluation consisted of gravimetric analyses of personal air samples for airborne ceramic wool fibers. A total of 400 production and maintenance workers and varying numbers of construction workers were exposed to the fibers during installation of insulation which was completed at the time of the survey. The three personal air samples showed no accumulation of particulates and fibers detected were nonrespirable. Medical evaluations were conducted in 52 workers and scalp scrapings were obtained from 43 workers. Thirty seven workers had histories suggestive of irritant dermatitis of the scalp
  
  24 workers had physical findings consistent with the diagnosis. Of the 43 scalp samples, 18 were contaminated with organisms of the gut, perineum, skin or respiratory tract. Dermatitis was directly related to the history of dust exposure. The authors conclude that a potential health hazard exists for employees from exposure to ceramic wool fiber. Recommendations include provision of handwashing facilities and protective clothing for employees, and installation of an impermeable covering for the ceramic wool fiber. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Dust Electric Power Supplies Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Skin Skin Diseases Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Ceramic Wool Fibers Dust-exposure Electric Power Generation Fibrous-bodies Folliculitis Of The Scalp Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-233-793 Industrial-hygiene Insulation-workers Irritant Dermatitis NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 5 Skin-disorders

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80233793
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Oak Harbor (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:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Hartle, Richard W. ; Watanabe, Arthur S. ; Moshell, Alan N. ; Lucas, James B. ; Chandler, Dorothy
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114042
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-184649
• 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 80-233-793, 1981 Jan ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4911 - Electric services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c8849bdbfea0f77afb3964cce22067cfb6590ad6e1e1c07461f54c54c05de1ecc31801e484c0c6927fd3a1c0d706fd8300bcfd416e954b7e0aa947e8168994c4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173422/cdc_173422_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.94 MB ]