Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-86-073-1804: South Campbell County Middle School; Alexandria, Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  Cantor, Fredric L. ; Lee, Stephen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Kentucky Labor Cabinet, an evaluation was carried out at the South Campbell County Middle School, (SIC-8211), in Alexandria, Kentucky to determine possible exposures to stagnant water, excessive mold growth, and imbalances in the ventilation system. Inside the school the relative humidity levels in December ranged from 28 to 32 percent. Levels of carbon- dioxide (124389) were determined to be 1500 parts per million, four to six times higher than outdoor levels. Water had seeped under the gymnasium floor, causing cracks in the interior and exterior walls. Problems were identified with the ventilation including poor maintenance, improperly set controls, and improper design. Results of medical questionnaires indicated that the staff at this school was three times as likely to develop respiratory symptoms as the staff at a nearby school. A significant association was found between any exposure to the library lasting at least 1 hour per week, and the development of respiratory illness. The authors recommend that carpet be removed from areas of the school where it was not needed for noise control or where it would be exposed to stagnant water
  
  alteration of carpet shampooing practices to insure that carpets do not remain damp over vacations or at other times when the lights were turned off and the temperatures not controlled
  
  adherence to approved maintenance procedures
  
  and proper maintenance of temperature, humidity, and ventilation in the library.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Fungi Hypersensitivity Inhalation Exposure Lung Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality Allergic-reactions Allergy Hazard-Confirmed HETA-86-073-1804 Indoor Air Quality Inhalants Lung-irritants Molds NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 4 Pulmonary-system-disorders

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA860731804
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Godfrey, Joyce D.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00173107
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-128327
• 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 86-073-1804, 1987 Jun ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• 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:d2fc1fe5891d8ee17e9a1cebade0c2cc2b687b6d7a34ca2a2eba93a3bca496920e6e0a0453c7acd8cfca85520b3504afa8c9ef41c23281393e971eb665803d3a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172084/cdc_172084_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 177.19 KB ]