Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-93-0737-2393: Princeton High School; Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Donovan, Beth A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from a union, the Princeton Association of Classroom Educators (PACE), a study was undertaken of possible hazardous working conditions at the Princeton High School (SIC- 8211), Cincinnati, Ohio. The school building housed about 2,000 students and 200 staff. Faculty and students reported allergy and asthma problems, along with irritation of the nose, throat, and eyes. When not in the building, their symptoms subsided. A medical questionnaire was distributed, and an environmental evaluation was begun of two areas in the school, the office area and one of the classroom wings. One or more symptoms, which decreased when absent from the building, were reported by 57% of those completing the questionnaire. Carbon-dioxide (124389) levels exceeding 1,000 parts per million were noted in the evaluated classroom wing, suggesting an inadequate supply of outside air. Inspection of the air handling equipment revealed a significant amount of microbial growth on the drain pans. The author concludes that some environmental deficiencies were identified, as well a major problem with ventilation system maintenance. The author recommends that the air supply system be cleaned up, and its performance improved.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Microbiology Occupational Health Safety Schools Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Carbon Dioxide Elementary And Secondary Schools Hazard-Confirmed HETA-93-0737-2393 IAQ IEQ Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environmental Quality Microbial Contamination Microorganisms NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 5 Teaching Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9307372393
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  20 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Esswein, Eric J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00219667
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-191632
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: 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 93-0737-2393, 1994 Feb ; :1-21
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• 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:bb41ede7cdeb8cf46609895b4d00cfc2bad3b8031f65638875234b87c965a3c06f7f3f68112c6fdcf0ae2983d3a51cd6caa5a89c72d152a5aad4430edeaa2c31
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171387/cdc_171387_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 451.12 KB ]