Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-335-1289: East Jackson Middle School; Jackson, Michigan

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson, Kern E. ; Daniels, William J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation was conducted at East Jackson Middle School (SIC-8211), Jackson, Michigan in August and September 1982. Two state agencies and the local Teachers Association requested the survey after complaints of headache, fatigue, mucous membrane irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, and skin irritation were reported by school staff members. Environmental and medical surveys were conducted. Detector tube and long term air samples were collected during the initial environmental survey. Detailed medical questionnaires were administered to 43 of 44 current and former school staff members. Direct reading detector tube samples were collected during a follow up environmental survey. No evidence was found of any chemical contamination in the school. Analysis of medical questionnaires did not reveal any time/place clusters of related illnesses attributed to any chemical contaminants in the school environment. The investigators conclude that a health hazard from exposures to chemical contaminants in the school could not be documented. Modifications to the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system may reduce the complaints of irritant symptoms.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Schools Sense Organs
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Clinical-symptoms Elementary And Secondary Schools Exposure-levels Fatigue Hazards-Unconfirmed Headaches HETA-82-335-1289 Mucous Membrane Irritation NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Toxic-effects Ventilation System

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA823351289
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; 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:
  Donahue, Michael T.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00133770
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-209980
• 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 82-335-1289, 1983 Apr ; :1-18
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• 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-512:5aea1ac00b6ddc004490860e81e4a3e4807ebc31eef2a265515e5ede7240418c773516b9ab4147642a40747a245a20a6da8c03b95703aa382fdaac4ac53dfd13
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172894/cdc_172894_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.39 MB ]