Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 78-128-549: Nixon Power Plant: Colorado Springs, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Asbestos (1332214) concentrations during sanding and buffing operations were measured at the Nixon Power facility (SIC-4911) in Colorado Springs, Colorado on September 29, 1978. The evaluation was requested by the vice president of the Watkin Construction Company on behalf of plumbers engaged in sanding asbestos joints and connections. Breathing zone asbestos concentrations of fibers greater than five microns in length ranged from 0.02 to 0.187 fibers per cubic centimeter. The OSHA asbestos standard of 2 fibers per cubic centimeter was not exceeded, however the author concludes that a potential asbestos hazard does exist. He recommends that respirators be used by workers until exhaust ventilation is provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asbestos Carcinogens Construction Industry Dust Environmental Monitoring Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Particulate Matter Power Plants Safety Staff Development Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Airborne-dusts Asbestos Asbestos-products Construction-workers Control-methods Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-78-128-549 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health-programs OSHA Region 8 Plumbers Power-generation Standards Work-practices

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE78128549
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Colorado Springs (CO) ; 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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00101030
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-143117
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 78-128-549, 1978 Dec ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• 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-512:4e46610bf9c85ffca1a573a4ac02b0e2986f8524fb8411297e0e922a165ab0c6419b4ba30d85e3dda47e030fe2f6d9e47ac92662af604e7a48e77caab0c95fa5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173568/cdc_173568_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.10 MB ]