Environmental, health, and safety assessments for direct coal liquefaction. Volume 7b. Guidance for the development of an occupational health surveillance system

Technical Report · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6144946

Calle, E E

The purpose is to provide initial guidance for the development of a centralized worker registry system for the direct coal liquefaction industry. An inventory of potential exposures to workers in the direct coal liquefaction industry and a review of the adverse health effects that may be associated with these exposures are presented. Industrial hygiene data from direct coal liquefaction pilot plants for both inhalation and dermal exposures are reviewed in terms of the substances measured in the workplace, the quantitative results, and the adequacy of the industrial hygiene monitoring to detect and quantitate potential exposures. Medical surveillance practices appropriate for the detection of expected health effects and the medical montoring protocols used in direct coal liquefaction pilot plants are discussed. Finally, the document reviews occupational health information systems used in other industries to collect, store, retrieve, and integrate industrial hygiene, medical monitoring, and supporting data, and compares these prototype systems to the information systems used in direct coal liquefaction pilot plants for storage and retrieval of data. 96 references, 4 figures, 33 tables.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6144946
• Report Number(s): ORNL/FETEP-8; ON: DE85007379
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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