Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-193-1222: Western Hills Post Office; Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Murphy, Denise C. ; Reed, Laurence D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from a worker at the Western Hills Post Office (SIC-4311), Cincinnati, Ohio, an evaluation was made of possible hazardous working conditions. The concern was generated by four cases of lymphoma occurring in this work force over the preceding 2 year period. A review was made of the medical records for the four alleged cases of lymphoma. Only two were confirmed lymphoma cases
  
  one was adenocarcinoma of the rectum and one squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth. Particulate air samples were collected at the post office and tested for 32 metals. The following were identified: calcium (7440702), less than 1.0 to 1.3 micrograms/cubic meter (microg/m3)
  
  iron (7439896), less than 1.0 to 19.3microg/m3
  
  and sodium (7440235), less than 1.0 to 2.3microg/m3. Air concentrations for toluene (108883) ranged from 0.13 to 0.26 parts per million (ppm) and for xylene (1330207), 0.01 to 0.05ppm. Bulk samples taken of the ceiling material contained no asbestos. The authors conclude that the finding of two cases of lymphoma in this work force during that period of time was probably due to chance. No hazardous working conditions were found in this inspection.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Cancer-rates Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-82-193-1222 Lymphomas NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Postal-employees Post Office Workers United States Postal Service

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA821931222
• 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:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Harris, Stephanie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00178928
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172584
• 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 82-193-1222, 1982 Nov ; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Calcium (CAS RN 7440-70-2) ; Iron (CAS RN 7439-89-6) ; Sodium (CAS RN 7440-23-5) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4311 - U.S. Postal Service - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4bd3bfcaa1b90fb38f4685850163abc603829d1036b7f6223eb1249ea3b0a8f99f86afaf0901367d4ad77823cb0548814cadcb9f47f1b0d71576444bd1187545
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172010/cdc_172010_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1015.49 KB ]