Carbon monoxide exposure from aircraft fueling vehicles.

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• Personal Author:
  Halperin WF ; Lemen RA ; McCammon CS Jr.
• Description:
  The carbon-monoxide (630080) (CO) concentration in the cabs of aircraft fueling vehicles was studied. Seventeen general air samples were collected from cabs with windows closed and the heater on and the vehicle positioned in several orientations to the wind. Seven personal samples were also taken from fuelmen. CO concentrations for the personal samples ranged from 5.5 to 14.5 parts per million (ppm), and the CO concentration in the cabs ranged from 5 to 300ppm. With the vehicle facing into the wind, away from the wind, parked perpendicular to the wind, out of the wind with heater off, and out of the wind with window open, the mean CO concentrations in the cabs were 22, 300, 150, 300, and 160ppm, respectively. About 50 percent of the aircraft fueling vehicles surveyed had CO concentrations well above the 35ppm recommended 8 hour time weighted average. The authors recommend improved vehicle maintenance to eliminate holes in vehicle mufflers, floor boards, and around pedals, and engineering controls to eliminate CO as an occupational hazard to fuelmen. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Airport-personnel Control-methods NIOSH-Author Oxides Safety-engineering Toxic-gases
• ISSN:
  0003-9896
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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 ; DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  136-138
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115949
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Health 1981 May; 36(3):136-138
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:21cdb71dbacfae2cdf7765f32d01b3bef542b5b6963a862eabcd60bd10c81a7aed4f1ff08b217015350f263af6c7a45eecb2d522bd7ae49768764d55d7aabd4e
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184448/cdc_184448_DS1.pdf
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