Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessment of JP-8 Plus 100 at Kingsley Field

The Occupational Medicine Division of Armstrong Laboratory Occupational and Environmental Health Directorate (AL/OEM was requested by AL/OET, Tri-Service Toxicology Consortium and sponsored by NMRI/TD to perform an exposure assessment on workers handling the new jet fuel, JP-8 Plus 100. Six areas of...

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Main Authors: Bell, J, Mattie, D, Jederberg, W W, Still, K R
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ADDITIVES
AIR
ALDEHYDES
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
BENZENE
CANISTERS
CHLORIDES
CONSORTIUMS
Environmental Health and Safety
ENVIRONMENTS
EXPOSURE(GENERAL)
FUEL CELLS
Fuels
GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
HANDLING
HEALTH
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
JET ENGINE FUELS
JET ENGINES
JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES
LABORATORIES
LUBRICANTS
METHYLENES
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
PERSONNEL
POLYMERS
REPAIR
RESPIRATION
SAMPLING
TOLUENES
TOXICOLOGY
XYLENES
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Summary:The Occupational Medicine Division of Armstrong Laboratory Occupational and Environmental Health Directorate (AL/OEM was requested by AL/OET, Tri-Service Toxicology Consortium and sponsored by NMRI/TD to perform an exposure assessment on workers handling the new jet fuel, JP-8 Plus 100. Six areas of concern were addressed during this exposure assessment. These areas included personnel in the flightline, Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) repair, Jet Engine repair. Fuel Cell repair, Petroleum-Oils and Lubricants. Included were personnel exposed to both exhaust and raw fuel. A total of 40 area and breathing zone air samples were collected and analyzed from the six areas of concern during 22 May and 25 May 1995. VM & P naptha, benzene, nitrogen dioxide, toluene, and xylene samples were analyzed by Armstrong Laboratory Aldehydes, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and summa canister samples were analyzed using Galson Laboratories No exposures above currently permitted levels were detected. Data from the summa canisters provided results that are relatively close. However, methylene chloride is at least 70 percent high in JP-8 Plus 100 than in JP-8. Recommendations were made to reduce the exposure of workers to the fuel and additive package.