Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-179-1154: Wilmington High School; Wilmington, Ohio

Details

• Personal Author:
  Reed, Laurence D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Ceiling materials were evaluated for asbestos (1332214) content in classrooms at Wilmington High School (SIC-8211), Wilmington, Ohio, on April 9, 1982. The evaluation request came from the business manager of the school on behalf of 2,200 students, teachers, and employees. Bulk samples of ceiling materials and particulate air samples were analyzed. The bulk samples indicated that eight of nine ceilings contained 20 to 30 percent chrysotile asbestos. No asbestos fibers were found in air samples. The author concludes that students, teachers, and staff are not exposed to airborne asbestos fibers. As long as the ceiling tiles remain uncompromised, no health hazard exists. If the integrity becomes compromised, appropriate sealants should be used, and in the event of installation or destruction of the ceilings, protective equipment should be used.
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Construction Industry Construction Materials Environmental Monitoring Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Safety Schools
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Asbestos-fibers Construction-materials Elementary And Secondary Schools Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-82-179-1154 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 5

  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA821791154
• 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:
  7 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Williams, Beverly L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00128114
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-150440
• 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 82-179-1154, 1982 Aug ; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Editor(s):
  Woodruff, Jackie
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• 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-512:8cf21c3357d1c9b68da58f1a9049f15cb62c054ac68e7aca00fb1d3f872ddf390b9489c43de56d1b825af96cae4393b01de47b223e442579240938da455b8155
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173011/cdc_173011_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 960.82 KB ]