Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. HETA-82-201-1365: Wright Patterson Air Force Base: Dayton, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Reed, Laurence D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Hazardous exposures associated with refuse derived fuel were investigated in June, 1982 at a steam generation facility which stored and burned the fuel at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The evaluation was requested by an unspecified individual. Air samples were collected for determinations of total and respirable particulates, trace metals, organic vapors, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), sulfur-dioxide (7446095), nitrogen- dioxide (10102440), and microbiological agents. In the fuel storage building, concentrations of total and respirable particulates exceeded the respective OSHA limits of 15 and 5 milligrams per cubic meter. Trace amounts of calcium, iron, and manganese also were found. In the fuel burning building, total and respirable particulate concentrations were within OSHA limits, and trace concentrations of calcium, iron, and manganese were found. Concentrations of organics, hydrocarbons, sulfur-dioxide, nitrogen- dioxide, and PCBs were either not detectable or were within acceptable limits. In both buildings, the microbiological agents Klebsiella-pneumoniae, Enterobacter, and Mucor were isolated. The author concludes that workers are exposed to excessive concentrations of total and respirable particulates and to airborne pathogens. He recommends the use of dust suppressing agents, enclosure and ventilation of overhead conveyors, and the use of half mask respirators with dust filters.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Airborne-dusts Fumes Hazards-Confirmed Health-hazards HETA-82-201-1365 Military-personnel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Safety-research Trace-analysis

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00135091
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-158046
• 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, HETA 82-201-1365, 1983 Sep; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
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