Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 97–0045–2676: Cle Elum–Roslyn High School, Cle Elum, Washington

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• Personal Author:
  Daniels, William J. ; Martinez, Kenneth F.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On May 8, 1997, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the Kittitas County Health Department for technical assistance in the evaluation of potential microbial contamination in the Cle Elum-Rosyln High School, Cle Elum, Washington. A similar request had been previously received by NIOSH from employees of the school. On May 28-29, 1997, NIOSH investigators conducted an initial visit to the school. Bulk samples of building materials were collected to assess potential areas of microbial contamination and measurements were made of general indoor air quality comfort parameters. On September 15-16, 1997, NIOSH investigators conducted a follow-up evaluation during which air samples were collected for culturable fungi and spores, and measurements were repeated for general indoor air quality parameters. Fungal concentrations from the bulk material samples ranged from none detected (ND) to 6.4xten to the sixth power colony forming units per gram of material (CFU/gm). The predominant fungi identified included Aspergillus versicolor, Chaetomium, Penicillium, Paecilomyces, Stachybotrys chartarum (a.k.a., S. atra), Rhodotorula, Sporobolomyces, and unidentified yeasts.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Environmental Monitoring Fungi Microbiology Occupational Health Safety Schools
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Aspergillus Bacteria Contamination Elementary And Secondary Schools Hazard-Confirmed Health-hazard-evaluation Indoor Air Quality Microbial Contamination Microorganisms Moisture Incursion Occupational-safety-and-health OSHA Region 10 Penicillium Spores Stachybotrys Ventilation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9700452676
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Washington ; OSHA Region 10
• 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:
  24 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Herbert, Nichole
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000024
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-149288
• 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 97-0045-2676, 1998 Mar ; :1-28
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8211 - Elementary and secondary schools - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12bc96efe247d6defc39eed5546034a90c6960e0623181e999fc2b5a7b5346d551765e4b8a4cc442b8fb1a97261f335e3bc389da8b73f70565e3f7b57f332692
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171059/cdc_171059_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 237.66 KB ]