Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-123-78: Central Main Power Co.: Yarmouth, Maine

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• Personal Author:
  Rosensteel, Robert E. ; Shama, Steven K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  An environmental and medical evaluation of sulfur-dioxide (7446095), vanadium (7440622) containing dust, and respirable dust containing silica (7631869) at an electric power plant indicates that the gas and the dust are non-toxic at the concentrations found in the plant. Toxic effects of sulfur-dioxide include burning sensations, dryness and pain in the nose and throat accompanied by a dry or productive cough. Symptoms of vanadium poisoning are lung irritation leading to chest tightness, congestion, cough, wheezing, broncho-pneumonia and pulmonary edema. Silica can lead to silicosis. Recommendations include respiratory protection, and pre-employment and periodic screening of employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Hazardous Substances Metals Occupational Health Poisoning Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sulfur Dioxide Vanadium
• Keywords:
  Air-contaminants Dust-control Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-72-123-78 Medical-examinations Metal-poisoning Mineral-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 1 Respiratory-system-disorders Sulfur Dioxide Symptomatology Toxic-gases Toxic-substances Urine Vanadium Vanadium Pentoxide

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7212378
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Maine ; Yarmouth (ME) ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Ramos, Henry ; Grote, Ardith A. ; Limtiaco, Leonard ; Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027267
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-232591
• 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 72-123-78, 1973 Oct ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Vanadium (CAS RN 7440-62-2) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ac732ed1aae6cbc6292975de21bb320066d6b11007c24dd26922cde3e50f77d8ee1fef3c43d9415841ab79935a288df6863772a374cf392bd82afca3ab5d5c47
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174182/cdc_174182_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.18 MB ]