Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 81-070-959, Bergen County Utilities Authority, Little Ferry, New Jersey

摘要

In October 1980, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 534 to conduct a Health Hazard Evaluation at the Bergen County Utilities Authority, Little Ferry, New Jersey. The union requested that NIOSH review the Authority's health and safety practices with regard to entry into manholes. In July 1979, two Authority employees were overcome by gases (tentatively identified as carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide) while working in a manhole. The detailed recommendations listed in the main body of the report are based on the recommendations of the criteria document and on the findings of an ongoing NIOSH study of the entry procedures for the Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewer District.