CANCELLED O1b: Critical Thinking About Mercury Exposures Management
Presented During: O1: Research Roundup Risk Management
Wed, 6/3: 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center
Description
Following fifteen years of discovery, investigation and facility modifications to manage total mercury emissions, new contract direction from the Environmental Management within the Department of Energy caused the mission to aggressively increase the pace of active remediation. That remediation meant projects support and multiple, frequent process transfers.
While the mission changed, the hazards and exposure controls philosophy did not. But the personnel understanding and driving total mercury management changed and knowledge was lost. As a result, the organization set about collating fifteen years of engineering research, summarizing legacy hazard detection, exposure assessment, risk management and medical surveillance data into a formal Tank Vapors Management Policy.
With the newly codified policy and existing procedures, the organization set about communicating this information across the facility safety and industrial hygiene staff, operations and maintenance organizations, and the significant influx of new construction staff of all trade jurisdictions: carpenters, riggers, laborers, masons and cement finishers, electricians, boilermakers, pipefitters and heavy equipment operators.
New technology developments in Real Time Detection Systems allowed consideration of data logs to replace the inferences from small integrated sample sets to full task exposure profiles.
While the mission changed, the hazards and exposure controls philosophy did not. But the personnel understanding and driving total mercury management changed and knowledge was lost. As a result, the organization set about collating fifteen years of engineering research, summarizing legacy hazard detection, exposure assessment, risk management and medical surveillance data into a formal Tank Vapors Management Policy.
With the newly codified policy and existing procedures, the organization set about communicating this information across the facility safety and industrial hygiene staff, operations and maintenance organizations, and the significant influx of new construction staff of all trade jurisdictions: carpenters, riggers, laborers, masons and cement finishers, electricians, boilermakers, pipefitters and heavy equipment operators.
New technology developments in Real Time Detection Systems allowed consideration of data logs to replace the inferences from small integrated sample sets to full task exposure profiles.
Co-Authors
S. Jahn, Jahn Industrial Hygiene LLC, Aiken SC USA
Acknowledgements & References
M. Schweder, Savannah River Mission Completion LLC, Aiken SC USA
Keywords
Biological Monitoring
Exposure Assessment
Gas and vapor detection
Real-time detection services and direct reading instruments
Risk assessment and management