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Source and Hazard Identification and Characterization. Purpose/Goals. Collect and organize available information on: workplace/community workforce/community members agents controls historical data. Steps. Define scope Workplace/community characterization - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Source and Hazard Identification and Characterization
Purpose/Goals
Collect and organize available information on:– workplace/community– workforce/community members– agents– controls– historical data
Steps
• Define scope
• Workplace/community characterization
• Workforce/community member characterization
• Characterization of agents
• Characterization of existing controls
• Past assessments/results
• Historical exposure data
• Environmental emission data
• Past biological monitoring data
Define Scope• How narrow or broad is the scope of your investigation?
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Are you investigating the risk to one worker? Are you investigating one incident involving one or more workers?
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Are you investigating the risk to the workforce from one agent or part of the facility?
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Are you investigating the risk to the workforce at one facility?
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Are you investigating the risk to the community from one facility?
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Are you investigating the risk to the community from all facilities in that community?
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Workplace/Community Characterization
• What is the process?• Activities?• Raw materials?• Products?• By-products?• Waste products?• Processing aids?
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Process Description
Sources of Information– International Labor Organization: Encyclopedaedia of
Occupational Health and Safety, 3rd Edition, Geneva: ILO, 1983.
– Burgess, WA: Recognition of Health Hazards in Industry, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
– Kirk-Othmer: Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, New York: John Wiley Sons, 1985.
Process Description
• Dry Cleaning– washing and degreasing by non-aqueous
solvents of natural and synthetic fibers, furs, leather goods, etc.
– dirt is removed in washing machines by means of a solvent which is thereafter extracted from the fabrics by centrifuging followed by drying in tumbling machines
Process Description
• Dry Cleaning (continued)– finished by steam pressing– stains may be “hand spotted”– solvents are recovered for further use by means
of filtration, adsorption, and distillation– solvent vapor may enter the workroom (and
atmosphere), especially where there is manual handling of goods
Raw Materials
• Dry Cleaning
– perchloroethylene– petroleum solvents– dirty clothes
Products/By-Products
• Dry Cleaning
– clean clothes
– recovered solvent
Waste Products
• Dry Cleaning
– grease, dirt, etc. with some waste solvent– air emissions– ground emissions– water emissions
Processing Aids
• Dry Cleaning– machinery used to wash, centrifuge, and dry
clothing– in some cases, these machines are all separate– newer machines perform all tasks (reducing
solvent release)
Hazard Identification
• Dry Cleaning– perchloroethylene
– “hand spotting” agents (benzene, chloroform,etc)
– heat, humidity
– machine hazards (acute trauma)
– material handling (acute and cumulative trauma)
– noise
– steam presses (burns)
Workforce/Community Characterization
• job title / job description• task analysis• exposure duration
– shift length; continuous
• number of workers / community members• other considerations
– children
Characterization of Agents
• Form of agent– chemical
– physical
– biological
• Health effects– toxicology
– epidemiology
• Exposure Limits– occupational
– environmental
Characterization of Agent
• Form of Agent– chemical– physical– biological
Characterization of Agent
• Chemical– solid– liquid– gases– vapors– aerosols
• dusts, mists, fumes, soot
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Characterization of Agents• Physical
– temperature extremes (heat, cold)
– noise and vibration– ionizing radiation– non-ionizing radiation (uv,
visible, ir, microwave/radiowave, power transmission)
– trauma (acute, cumulative)
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Characterization of Agents
• Biological– bacteria– viruses– allergens– genetically
modified
organisms
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Characterization of Agents
• Health Effects– Sources of Information
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• Toxicology Literature
• Epidemiology Literature
• Internet
Characterization of Agents
• Exposure Limits– Regulatory
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• State and Local Health Departments
– Non-regulatory
Other Information• Characterization of existing controls
– permits, walkthrough
• Past assessments/results– literature, company records
• Historical exposure data– past permits, regulatory agency data, company data
• Environmental emission data– regulatory agency data, permits, company data, literature
• Past biological monitoring data– company data, health department data
Outcome
Complete summary of available essential information on workers, community members, tasks, agents, potential exposures, and potential health effects
Assignment• For Monday’s class:
– Find some information that would be useful in characterizing the sources/hazards associated with chromium electroplating
– The information could be a process description, hazard list, fact sheet, or msds, etc.
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Bibliography
Material Safety Data Sheet