Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96-0140-2606: Philadelphia School District Franklin Learning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Decker, John A. ; Malkin, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, an investigation was begun into possible exposure to lead (7439921) at the Franklin Learning Center (SIC-8211), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was about 85 years old. There were about 90 employees
  
  blood lead tests and hand wipe sampling were performed on 45. Water sampling showed lead concentrations less than the 3 parts per billion (ppb). Surface wipe samples were collected from floors, desks, and windowsills. Windowsills in nonabated and abated areas were sampled. Dust lead loadings exceeded HUD guidelines on 26% of all windowsills sampled. Floors in nonabated and abated areas were also sampled with HUD guidelines for lead on floors being exceeded in 17 of the nonabated and three of the abated areas. Dust lead loading on desktops ranged up to 230 micrograms/square foot. Wipe samples from hands of employees contained from 2 to 160 micrograms lead. All blood lead levels were low, ranging from 0.6 to 5.6 micrograms per deciliter. While severe peeling of lead-based paint was found and significant dust lead loadings were present, the authors conclude that a hazard from lead exposure was not found at the school for the staff.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Blood Dust Education Environmental Pollution Hematologic Tests Lead Occupational Health Paint Safety Schools Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Blood-analysis Blood Lead Levels Elementary And Secondary Schools Environmental-contamination Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-96-0140-2606 Lead Lead-based Paint Lead-dust Lead Dust Loadings NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Paints Teaching Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9601402606
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Deckovic-Vukres, Vlasta ; Kiefer, Max ; Mitchell, Kathleen ; Sammons, Deborah
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00235364
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-156624
• 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 96-0140-2606, 1996 Oct ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• 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-512:39e5975aeb474798ee94cf3b251db58200ddb6ff557d2ef74387aa920965e62f6fb3f462c526aee438b4ca78f3bc2d86d75d0f13fc77fa8fab51627964bf260e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171160/cdc_171160_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.85 MB ]