Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-337-1163: National Park Service; Patchogue, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Fannick, Nicholas L. ; Marlow, David A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Formaldehyde (50000) concentrations were reevaluated within two houses used by the National Park Service (SIC-9512) on Fire Island, New York. The Regional Safety Manager of the United States Park Service requested the study, which was performed on July 8, 1982. The two houses were used to house park rangers. Infant children of the rangers occupying the two houses had symptoms of eye and respiratory tract irritation, and frequent and prolonged colds. Formaldehyde concentrations were 0.06 to 0.12 parts per million (ppm) in one house and 0.09 to 0.15ppm in the other house. These concentrations were similar to values found in previous surveys. NIOSH recommends that formaldehyde be considered a potential occupational carcinogen and that exposures to formaldehyde be kept to a minimum. The authors conclude that occupancy of the two houses continue to be restricted to adults only for summer use, when increased natural ventilation and outdoor activities tend to reduce exposures.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Forestry Irritants Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Forestry-workers Formaldehyde Hazards-Confirmed HETA-82-337-1163 Insulation-materials Land, Mineral, Wildlife And Forest Conservation NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 2 Private Homes Respiratory-irritants

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA823371163
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00129887
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-150598
• 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 82-337-1163, 1982 Aug ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9512 - Land, mineral, wildlife conservation - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:36505eb8e5d3bdd4999e7a7e1cfaf7f7ca9c2afd7d00546f83c0527d2ed09a399fb6aa3a0fc5f345795ec0472d135ded4dca94e4a475606bd012d34202f8e406
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172970/cdc_172970_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.93 MB ]