Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposures in Coal Gasification Plants [1978]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  NIOSH recommends in this document that employee exposure to toxicants and hazardous conditions in coal gasification facilities be controlled by adherence to several guidelines, presented separately for each of the three major processes: high British Thermal Unit (BTU) product coal gasification, low or medium BTU product using bituminous coal or lower ranked feedstocks, and low or medium BTU product using anthracite feedstock or very high temperatures. Specific requirements were listed for safety procedures, engineering control objectives, work practices, workplace monitoring, medical surveillance, personal protective clothing and equipment, sanitation, labeling and posting, informing employees of hazards, recordkeeping, coal storage and preparation, coal feeding and gasification operations, ash removal, quenching, carbon-monoxide shift conversion, gas cooling, gas purification, methanation, gas/liquor separation, sulfur removal process, phenol and ammonia recovery, byproduct storage, and cleanup. Mortality studies among coal gasification workers have indicated an increased risk for skin cancer. Health effects of the various agents potentially present at coal gasification facilities included airway irritation, dermatitis, lung and lymphatic cancer, leukemia, kidney disorders, skin ulcers, eye irritation, nervous system disorders, depression, and nasal cancer. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Coal Coal Mining Hazardous Substances Inhalation Exposure Irritants Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Criteria-Document; Coal-gasification; Coal-products; Coal-workers; Irritants; Toxic-gases; Inhalants; Carcinogens; Skin-exposure; Pulmonary-system-disorders
• Source:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-191, 1978 Sep; :1-204
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB78191
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DCDSD - Division of Criteria Documents and Standards Developments
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  208 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00184105
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-164874
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Performing Organization:
  Enviro Control, Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d313e9eb3037a7ec5fd36bba9cf4e0dd25c376eaa30d0edfe7bdced87ac9cb1e63391c647d94ccd31146a690d09f2f855179b0c9899fe237dd452f2b7cf83ee4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19421/cdc_19421_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.52 MB ]