Industrial hygiene study of TVA workers in coal-fired power plants.

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• Personal Author:
  McFeters JJ ; McFeters JJ
• Description:
  A survey to measure baseline exposure to coal dust, asbestos (1332214), sulfur-dioxide (7446095) (SO2), nitrogen-dioxide (10102440) (NO2) fly-ash (68131748), nitric-oxide (10102439) (NO) sulfites (SO3) sulfates (SO4) and noise was conducted at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) coal fired power facilities. Personal and area atmospheric samples were taken and historical exposure data examined. The geometric mean concentration (GMC) of atmospheric coal dust ranged from 0.5 to 1.2 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/cu m) in all facilities for the years 1974 through 1979, although GMCS from the individual facilities ranged from 0.4 to 1.6mg/cu m for that time period. The GMCs of atmospheric fly-ash ranged from 0.20 to 0.50 mg/cu m, substantially below the OSHA standard of 5mg/cu m. NO2 was not found in any appreciable concentrations, NO concentrations ranged from 1.0 to 51.4ppm. GMCs of asbestos decreased from 1.1 fibers per milliliter (f/ml) in 1973 to 0.05f/ml in 1979. Atmospheric mercury concentrations ranged from nondetectable to 0.5/mg/cu m, compared with the OSHA standard of decibels on the A-weighted scale as 8 eight hour time weighted exposures. Area sampling for ozone did not detect any ozone generated by facility operations. Atmospheric concentrations of ozone ranged from 0 to 14ppm.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Hazardous Substances Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Safety
• Keywords:
  Dust-exposure Electric-power-generation Field-Study Health-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-4 Toxic-gases
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Field Studies
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Tennessee ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-115
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00125094
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1981 Jun; :1-115
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0) ; Ashes (residues) (CAS RN 68131-74-8) ; Nitric oxide (CAS RN 10102-43-9) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0) ; Ashes (residues) (CAS RN 68131-74-8) ; Nitric oxide (CAS RN 10102-43-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  U.S. Department Health and Human Services, NIOSH Morgantown, West Virginia, 115 pages
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3cb26372dd47f6a131b0dc7987068665015fdca865e11a97451360f034b1ce01329870d2f008dad8a22f78858241c7983a8ba0cbf0348105f4783de0948c54e9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179507/cdc_179507_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.00 MB ]