Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 97-0075-2653: Macon County Courthouse, Macon, Missouri

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• Personal Author:
  Kiefer, Max ; Razavi, Jalees
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On January 16, 1997, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received an employee request for a health hazard evaluation (HHE) at the Macon County government facilities in Macon, Missouri, NIOSH was asked to determine if health problems experienced by some building occupants were related to exposure to residual pesticide contamination in Buildings 1 (main courthouse) and 2 (annex). Pesticides had been applied in Building 2 on October 15, 1996, and Building 1 on October 17, 1996, in an effort to control wasps. The HHE requestors reported a number of ongoing health problems that they associated with exposure to residual pesticides
  
  these included: nausea, tightness in chest, burning feeling in the nose and throat, headaches, sore throat, rash, itching, numbness in the lips and tongue, metallic taste in the mouth, sensitivity to odors, dizziness, mental confusion, and weakness.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Digestive System Diseases Insecticides Nervous System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Acephate Air Sampling Chlorpyrifos Contaminants Courts Dursban Evaluation-criteria Eye Irritation Fatigue Hazard-Unconfirmed Headaches Health-hazard-evaluation Indoor Applications Metallic Taste Methods Nausea Neurology Occupational-exposure Organophosphates OSHA Region 7 Pest-control Pesticides Residue Resmethrin Skin-exposure Skin Irritation Surface Sampling Synthetic Pyrethroids

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9700752653
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  31 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Decker, John A.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000199
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-151672
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 97-0075-2653, 1997 Sep ; :1-36
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chlorpyrifos (CAS RN 2921-88-2) ; Resmethrin (CAS RN 10453-86-8) ; Acephate (CAS RN 30560-19-1)
• Editor(s):
  Lovell, Patricia
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9211 - Courts - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c8a4002495b7b6fc33cd32dad8fadceb9680190f0fcf4a83e43184b9fdb9ab8164f214a96927e25e5251612d5a7cfa8dfd39680db8da5b1dc83991b0fcfcbf05
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171048/cdc_171048_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 275.88 KB ]