Occupational health assessment of the geothermal hydrothermal convection industry.

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• Personal Author:
  Freeman RE ; Salazar A ; Semrau K ; Witwer CR ; Zerwas M
• Description:
  Occupational health and safety in the geothermal hydrothermal convection industry is reviewed. Exploration, test drilling, production testing, field development and energy production phases of geothermal hydrothermal convection operations are described, along with emission control, dangers from hydrogen-sulfide, cleanout, testing and venting. Chemistry of geothermal sources, geothermal fluids, vapor dominated sources and contaminants such as carbon-dioxide, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, hydrogen-sulfide, nitrogen, benzene, boric-acid vapor, radon gas, mercury vapor and arsenic are discussed. Noise, heat stress and vibration hazards are described. Health hazards associated with drilling operations, field development, power facilities, electricity, fire, explosives, burns, seismicity, subsidence and blowouts are reviewed. Recommendations for further research on industrial hygiene, mortality, morbidity, medical surveillance, epidemiological and animal studies are presented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Explosions Fires Fuel Oils Geology Hazardous Substances Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires Temperature Vibration

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Contract-210-77-0031; Health-surveys; Industrial-processes; Industrial-hygiene; Biostatistics; Geology; Geophysics; Thermal-properties; Thermodynamics; Hydrodynamics; Fuels; Heat; Heat-exchange; Heat-production; Fluids; Vapors; Chemical-analysis; Health-hazards; Occupational-hazards; Noise; Heat-stress; Vibration; Explosions; Fire-hazards
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-71
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00112365
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82162595
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1979 Sep; :1-71
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Performing Organization:
  SRI International, Menlo Park, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241258/cdc_241258_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]