Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-183-2101: Andrew Jackson Junior High School; Cross Lanes, West Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Baron, Sherry L. ; Elliott, Larry J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request submitted by teachers and the principal of the Andrew Jackson Junior High School (SIC-8211) in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, an evaluation was undertaken of possible hazardous conditions at the site. The symptoms experienced by the teacher’s included numbness and tingling of the extremities, upper airway irritation, eye irritation, inability to concentrate, and comfort complaints of too hot and too cold. The single-story school building was constructed as an open space classroom configuration. It was heated, cooled, and ventilated by nine individual roof mounted air handling units with ducted air supply. The false ceiling space served as the return air duct to the system. During 1981 to 1983 this open space was converted to approximately 30 classroom areas by erecting walls. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems were modified only by adding a false ceiling return air plenum to accommodate the space conversion. The school had been treated for termite infestation by sub slab injection of chlordane (57749) and direct in room application of chlorpyrifos (2921882) (Dursban) and Diazinon (333415). Fluorescent light ballast burns out over several years introduced Aroclor-1254 (11097691) into the building which was not effectively removed by the ventilation system. Several classrooms also registered too high for carbon- dioxide (124389) concentration, temperature, and humidity levels. Recommendations were made to reduce the exposure potential to chlordane and Aroclor-1254, improve the ventilation of the classrooms, and improve the indoor air quality of the school.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Education Hazardous Substances Insecticides Occupational Health Polychlorinated Biphenyls Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Aroclor 1254 Chlordane Chlordane Metabolites Chlorpyrifos Diazinon Dursban Educational Facilities, Elementary And Secondary Hazard-Confirmed HETA-89-183-2101 Indoor Air Quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-vapors OSHA Region 3 PCBs Teaching Toxic-gases 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/NIOSHHETA891832101
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; 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:
  80 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Crandall, Michael ; Seitz, Teresa A. ; Burroughs, Guy E. ; King, Michael V. ; Collins, James ; Grote, Ardith A. ; James, Karen E. ; Dickson, Dane J. ; Kolenz, Kristine, M. ; Jenkins, Ellen ; Burse, Virlyn
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00199126
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-212571
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 89-183-2101, 1991 Feb ; :1-80
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chlordane (CAS RN 57-74-9) ; Chlorpyrifos (CAS RN 2921-88-2) ; Diazinon (CAS RN 333-41-5) ; Aroclor 1254 (CAS RN 11097-69-1) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Editor(s):
  Morris, Linda J.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• 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:c8df936cb8fbd09dea8b0aba2a92a7be5bacd67895d2b7b174ab238d6973d5856b20c3b664afe89742c6cff4d8081f2ec8eceed945312d0d73917828dbc89195
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171675/cdc_171675_DS1.pdf
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