Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 83-383-1480: Progress Federal Savings & Loan, Bridgeport, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Ehrenberg, Richard L. ; Gorman, Richard W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the management, an investigation was begun into possible medical problems reported in workers after two insecticide applications at Progress Federal Savings and Loan (SIC- 6123), in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. Symptoms of tightness in the chest, difficulty speaking, loss of concentration and exhaustion were the primary complaints, mainly in one individual. Symptoms continued to recur in this individual each time the building was entered. At least three other workers experienced some of these symptoms. One of three air samples was positive for chlorpyrifos (2921882) at a concentration of 0.02 microgram per cubic meter (microg/m3). All three air samples were positive for diazinon (333415) at concentrations ranging from 0.06 to 0.13microg/m3. Total organic vapor concentration ranged from 4 to 5mg/m3 and formaldehyde (50000) concentrations ranged from 0.02 to 0.03 part per million (ppm). Following the first insecticide application, a minimum of four persons had acute reactions and a minimum of three persons had acute reactions following the second application. The authors conclude that no evidence was found that current employees were experiencing any ongoing health problems as a result of the insecticide applications. No evidence was found of a current health hazard. The authors recommend that any insecticide be applied during nonworking hours and the building be ventilated following application.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-monitoring Allergy Chlorpyrifos Dursban Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-83-383-1480 Indoor-Air Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 3 Pest-control Pesticides Savings And Loan Associations Tiazinon

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA833831480
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  14 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00236836
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-220275
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 83-383-1480, 1984 Jul ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chlorpyrifos (CAS RN 2921-88-2) ; Diazinon (CAS RN 333-41-5) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)
• Editor(s):
  Kidd, Connie
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  6123 - State Associations, Insured - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce7529c00a0192c69bc41da3d3ebe95fb6411dbf8357e2e3c638af9b8453f8efd47950eecedc03742895204a0b1631b8bbe098d9f1a1ed94effd12431588480e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171141/cdc_171141_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.83 MB ]