Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. HETA-81-034,035-934, Colorado Springs Public Utilities, Colorado Springs, Colorado

摘要

On October 16, 1980, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the City of Colorado Springs Department of Public Utilities for a 'baseline' environmental evaluation of two coal-fired electrical power production facilities. These substances included fly ash, coal dust, free silica, flue gases, trace metals, and boiler feed-water chemicals. Based on the environmental data collected at these facilities, NIOSH determined that a potential health hazard existed at both plants from overexposure to fly ash and coal dust containing free silica, and to inorganic arsenic, cristobalite, sulfur dioxide, and hydrazine at the Martin-Drake facility. Recommendations for control of excessive exposures are made in the body of the full report.