Survey report: potential options for the control of border agents exposure to vehicle emissions at United States Port of Entry, San Ysidro, California.

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• Personal Author:
  Dunn, Kevin L. ; Heitbrink, William A. ; Mead, Kenneth R.
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a site visit in response to a Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) request received from the United State Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Personal air samples were collected for carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons, and lead particulate matter. Personal and area air samples for lead, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons were all within acceptable occupational health criteria for full shift exposures, however, peak exposures exceeded the NIOSH recommended ceiling concentration of 200 parts per million. Based on these results, the NIOSH HHE team made several recommendations that included modifying the local exhaust ventilation systems, incorporating administrative controls, and elimination of some tasks.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Asbestos Dust Epidemiology Inorganic Chemicals Lung Lung Diseases Mining Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Safety

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• Keywords:
  Automotive-exhausts Control-technology Region-9 Ventilation-equipment Ventilation-systems
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHECTB01002a
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Control Technology
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000567
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, ECTB 010-02a, 1999 May; :1-19
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9721 - International affairs - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:471b8fb7ceca3d7ee46884690cb47a571b0102d60b043bf821a9bece938e50b36fe97bbfd1e4fd45ac82d1194b5729322ffd84ccd516d14d5e6232bf6161a91f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181011/cdc_181011_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 507.97 KB ]